Alfred L. Chan - Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018

Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping

Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 19532018

ALFRED L. CHAN

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Chan, Alfred L., author.

Title: Xi Jinping : political career, governance, and leadership, 19532018 / Alfred L. Chan.

Other titles: Political career, governance, and leadership, 19532018

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021056518 (print) | LCCN 2021056519 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780197615225 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197615249 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Xi, Jinping. | PresidentsChinaBiography. |

Heads of stateChinaBiography. | ChinaPolitics and government2002 |

ChinaPolitics and government20th century.

Classification: LCC DS779.49.X53 C43 2022 (print) |

LCC DS779.49.X53 (ebook) | DDC 951.06/12092 [B]dc23/eng/20220103

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056518

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056519

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197615225.001.0001

Figure 0.1 Chinas provincial administrations and neighboring countries

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I take great pleasure in expressing here my gratitude to friends, family members, and colleagues who have, in so many ways, sustained my long journey of research and writing over the years.

Amoy Ong, Tony Ma, Roxanna Chan, Lily and Albert Choi, Ivy and Charles Cheung, and Janice and Philip Yeung, in many stimulating discussions, shared with me their firsthand insights about working in China.

Friends Karen McMillan, Patricia Chartier, Fred Berenbaum, Kelly Pykerman (RIP), Esther Bogyo, Lesley Towers, Anna Marie Read, and Patrick ONeill (RIP) have always been supportive with food and visits, and I thank Charnie Guettel for drawing my attention to the literature on settler colonialism.

I appreciate the long-standing friendship of Ralph Lai, Daniel Dragon, Roland Hoy, Lee Goossens, Eric Tang, James Miller, Billy Newman, Jim Currie, Brian Avery, Michael Ong, Gerald McShane, Judy McKenna, Yakov Lerner, Gilles LeBlanc, J. Kevin Kelliher, and Jack Evans, who have sustained me through dinners and discussions. Gillian Roberts, Ethan Kohn, and their sons Hank and Eli were always pleasant company, and treated me to many dim sum lunches. I relish the fond memories of dear friends the late Yee Nar Lee and Nancy Ing.

I have benefited by the support and good counsel of Gigi and Roland Tong, and thank Zach Child for his assistance at the early stages of research.

I am eternally grateful for the support of my globalized, extended Chan family, for Aunt Tatiana and Kay Chan for enlightening me about China, and for Aunt Helena and my late uncle Desmond Yam and their special appreciation for years of good cheersAunt Helena was always there for me, especially when I felt discouraged.

My brothers Davis, Sammy, Ming and their families, and especially Andrew Chan, have been a constant source of encouragement and support. I know that a smile from my mother, who is battling Alzheimers, is a sign of her confidence in me.

I owe a debt of gratitude to Molly and Jason of the Kato family for their love and companionship, and cherish the loving memory of Billy, Josie, and Joey.

To the members of the Farewell family, John, Mary Rose, Elgin, and especially Julianne, for their thoughtfulness and camaraderie, Id like to send a big thank you. I relish the affection and support of the late Rose and Harley (Al) Farewell.

The Asian Institute at the Munk Centre on Global Affairs at the University of Toronto provided a stimulating home base for my research and the university library was unceasingly efficient in securing materials for me through interlibrary loans.

I have benefited by numerous discussions with Shu-yun Ma, Margaret Ting, Kam-wing Chan, Joyce Liu, Joan Huang, Kai Yuen Tsui, Ralph Thaxton, and Charles Burton about everything Chinese.

Huron University College colleagues Dianqing Xu, Paul Nesbitt-Larking, Neil Bradford, Jim Crimmins, and Jennifer Mustapha have always been intellectually stimulating, and Jun Fang generously shared his expertise on China and Zhejiang.

I am grateful to Huron University College for granting a two-year leave of absence, and to my students there for their intellectual curiosity, dynamism, and interest in China and politics. I thank the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada for a grant to study the Hu Jintao leadership, although the substance of the project shifted when my research interest moved to this current volume.

Michael Szonyi took time out from his busy schedule to read the manuscript and offer much-needed advice.

I owe a special debt of gratitude to two reviewers for their detailed and valuable comments, which have sharpened my thinking and saved me from embarrassing errors. At Oxford University Press, Holly Mitchell and Katharine Pratt have been patient with my numerous enquries. I thank David McBride for his great help shepherding the project from start to finish, Richard Isomaki for expert copy editing, and Newgen Knowledge Network for an efficient production process.

Of particular importance is my good friend Donald Hickerson, who edited the entire manuscript with patience and care, and to whom I express my deep appreciation.

Last but not least, I am grateful to my best friend and partner Michael Farewell for going through many drafts of the book, for tolerating my constant thinking out aloud, and for sharing his encyclopedic knowledge of history and current events. Without his unwavering support and encouragement, this work would not have been possible. This book is dedicated to him.

Needless to say, I alone am responsible for any or all errors in facts or interpretation in this volume.