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Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China’s Superpower Future
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71/100Critics
53/100Scholars
Author:
Chun Han Wong
Publisher:
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Date:
May 23, 2023
Drawing on his years of first-hand reporting across China, including insights from scholars and diplomats and analyses of official speeches and documents, a Wall Street Journal correspondent provides an account of China's leader and how he inspires fear and fervor in his Party, his nation and beyond.
What The Reviewers Say
The author simply does not have enough material to discuss Xi Jinping’s inner life in any detail, other than some of the early parts. So motives are scarce: We see what he has done, but not always why. Nevertheless, for readers who have not been following the news from China closely in recent years, this is an excellent primer on how life in the PRC has transformed under his rule.
His book is based on his five years of reporting from Beijing and Hong Kong, interviews with CCP insiders, diplomats, businessmen, and ordinary Chinese citizens, and a wide variety of primary and secondary sources.
[Wong's] critical biography synthesizes a huge body of research.
