Browsing by Subject "Xi Jinping"

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    China’s Sea Dreams: Xi Jinping, The Chinese Dream, And China’s Behavior In The South China Sea Disputes
    (2021-05) Desai, Dhruv
    This thesis seeks to characterize China’s assertive behavior in the South China Sea (SCS) disputes in light of Xi Jinping’s promotion of the Chinese Dream and drastic political reforms. China’s policies towards the SCS since 2012 indicate a paradigm shift from earlier administrations given that this behavior is completely new or qualitatively different, bolder in that it involves the overt demonstration of Chinese power, and unprovoked. The country’s assertive policies in the disputes can also be described as coercive, militarizing, or declarative. These changes allude to the augmentation of Chinese military capabilities, influence of perceived American containment policies, and growing nationalism; however, they are more comprehensively explained by the implications of the Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream. The Chinese Dream indicates the importance of realizing the nation’s claims in the SCS for the domestic audience and rejuvenation of China. It also is the impetus behind the drastic political reforms which have directly and indirectly shaped the nation’s behavior in the SCS disputes. Xi’s consolidation of power and consequent military modernization efforts has allowed China to exercise its regional claims via an overwhelmingly dominant naval presence in the SCS. Xi’s strategy of power projection, aided by the promotion of his striving for achievement policy, exemplifies how China’s assertive behavior is the result of a greater interest in international development and shaping global norms, demands for respect and equal treatment, and uncompromising stance issues constituting core interests.
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    Hunting tigers and swatting flies : Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign
    (2014-12) Loeb, Jeffrey Nides; Lü, Xiaobo, 1959-
    Why has Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China, launched one of the most aggressive anti-corruption campaigns in the history of the country? To answer this question, I constructed a database of over 100 high-level officials who have come under investigation during the campaign. I find that the campaign is disproportionately targeting officials from certain provinces. To understand why, I test a hypothesis that states: Xi is targeting corrupt officials from specific geographical regions for reasons unrelated to combating pervasive corruption, indicating factional politics are driving at least a part of the campaign. I find mixed support for the hypothesis. Out of the four provinces tested against the hypothesis, Sichuan is the only one that Xi appears to be targeting under the guise of anti-corruption. I put these findings in comparative perspective and find that the basic characteristics of Xi’s campaign are similar to Jiang Zemin’s 1995 anti-corruption campaign. This finding further supports the hypothesis that factional politics are driving at least a part of Xi’s anti-corruption campaign. I conclude that Xi’s anti-corruption campaign—though exceptional in its intensity—is hardly a departure from China’s historical factional politics.
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    Vol. 6, Iss. 4: The Shape of Strategy (Fall 2023)
    (Texas National Security Review, 2023) Texas National Security Review
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