Tag: Xi Jinping
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Xi Jinping: The Backlash – A Very Brief Review
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Rambling about A History of East Asia – Early Dynasties, Colonialism, and China as a Global Hegemon
Key takeaways: Holcombe’s A History of East Asia is the kind of dry, academic, extremely cautious textbook that gives history as a subject a bad name (and myself some flashbacks to uni). Nonetheless, this book is certainly a serviceable overview of the histories of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, which was the minimum I was […]
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CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping – Thoughts & Review, Part 3
How does one become the President of China? If the electoral college seems at times hard to fathom, an election in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is even more esoteric. According to Kerry Brown, author of CEO, China and former diplomat, the rise of Xi Jinping to the supreme leadership role in China “belonged more […]
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CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping – Thoughts & Review, Part 2
As president of China, Xi Jinping presides over 18% of the world’s population, and he is set to do so for life. How did Xi rise to such prominence, and what can we learn from his life that will help us understand his future? Kerry Brown’s book, CEO, China, offers some clues as to the […]
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