China’s New Era
Edited by: Annie Luman Ren, Ben Hillman
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Description
According to Communist Party discourse, China’s ‘New Era’ began when Xi Jinping was anointed Party boss in 2012. The shape of this New Era became eminently clear in 2023 when Xi commenced his third five-year term as General Secretary of the Party, a fortification of one-man authoritarian rule unprecedented in post-Mao China. Under Xi, the Party has expanded its influence over government, the economy and society. The Party-State is now more Party than State. The year 2023 saw other ‘new eras’ for China as well. Despite initial optimism sparked by the end of COVID-19 restrictions in late 2022, the Chinese economy in 2023 was buffeted by continuing property sector woes, record unemployment, and an unfolding local government debt crisis. Globally, China adopted a series of new and ambitious diplomatic initiatives to woo the Global South and amplify its voice on the world stage. The China Story Yearbook 2023: China’s New Era provides informed perspectives on these and other important stories that will resonate for years to come.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781760466336
- ISBN (online):
- 9781760466343
- Publication date:
- Jun 2024
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/CSY.2024
- Series:
- China Story Yearbook
- Disciplines:
- Arts & Humanities: Cultural Studies; Social Sciences: Politics & International Studies
- Countries:
- East Asia: China
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- Preliminary Pages (PDF, 887 KB)
- Introduction (PDF, 843 KB) – Annie Luman Ren and Ben Hillman doi
Chapter 1: Political Leadership and Economic Headwinds
- The Mystery of Xi’s Disappearing Officials (PDF, 757 KB) – Willy Lam doi
- China’s Macroeconomy in 2023: An Overview (PDF, 732 KB) – Jiao Wang doi
- China’s Local Government Debt (PDF, 779 KB) – Jean C. Oi doi
Chapter 2: Party-State Capitalism
- The Dreary and the Dramatic: What Happened to China’s Platform Economy? (PDF, 699 KB) – Rogier Creemers doi
- How Multinational Corporations are Coopted into Becoming China’s Agents of Repression (PDF, 726 KB) – Debby Chan doi
Chapter 3: The Challenges of Common Prosperity
- Inequality in China: The Challenge of Common Prosperity (PDF, 868 KB) – Dorien Emmers and Scott Rozelle doi
- From Poverty Elimination to Rural Revitalisation: The Party Takes Charge (PDF, 677 KB) – Ben Hillman doi
- Are the Nongguan Coming? The Evolution of the Rural Comprehensive Administrative Enforcement Team in China’s Rural Governance (PDF, 996 KB) – Tan Zhao doi
Chapter 4: Disgruntled Communities
- Disturbing but Not Politically Threatening: Veterans’ Activism in the Xi Era (PDF, 569 KB) – Kai Yang doi
- Why are China’s Unemployed Graduates Comparing Themselves to Lu Xun’s Character? (PDF, 936 KB) – Annie Luman Ren doi
- Chinese ‘Incels’? Misogynist Men on Chinese Social Media (PDF, 576 KB) – Qian Huang doi
Chapter 5: Voices of the Ordinary People
- Loneliness, Death and Desolation: Why I Return to Antarctica Time and Again (PDF, 784 KB) – Translation by Peishan Yann doi
- How AI Changed the Way We Work (PDF, 480 KB) – Translated by Various doi
Chapter 6: China’s Global Ambitions
- From Riyadh and Tehran to Beijing: China’s Diplomatic Role in a Changing World (PDF, 517 KB) – Kevin Magee doi
- The Belt and Road’s Midlife Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF, 578 KB) – Ruben Gonzalez‑Vicente doi
Chapter 7: New Frontiers
- China: The New No. 2 Space Power (PDF, 772 KB) – Brad Tucker doi
- The Frontiers of History: China Discovers the Pacific’s Dark Colonial Legacy (PDF, 867 KB) – Graeme Smith doi
Chapter 8: The Pointy End of Australia–China Relations
- How Fearful is China’s Military Rise? (PDF, 726 KB) – Edward Sing Yue Chan doi
- Caution and Compromise in Australia’s China Strategy (PDF, 472 KB) – Benjamin Herscovitch doi
- Ending Economic Sanctions: The Role of Chinese Industry Associations in the Removal of Barriers on Australian Barley and Wine (PDF, 1.3 MB) – Scott Waldron, Darren J. Lim and Victor A. Ferguson doi
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