Micha Dahl, is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Dean of the Political Science Division at University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland. His research interests are within contemporary international relations and concentrate on Asia and the Pacific region, particularly domestic and foreign policy of the United States, China, Japan and the Philippines, as well as cities in IR. His recent publications include monograph The Role of Cities in International Relations. The Third-generation of Multi-level Governance? (Edward Elgar, 2022), co-authored with Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawowski, Joanna Modrzyska and Pawe Modrzyski, Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China, co-edited with Hanna Kup, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), and The Philippines Strategy Towards the Indo-Pacific Region (2022), written with Joanna Marszaek-Kawa.Maciej Szatkowski, Ph.D., is a sinologist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Chair of the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at NCU. His research focuses on contemporary Chinese culture and literature, particularly Chinese counterculture of the late 1980s and 1990s, as well as drama translation. His recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Hanna Kup, and Maciej Szatkowski, and translation of Sun Huizhu and Fei Chunfangs drama China Dream ((Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022) (together with Karolina Kodrzycka).Hanna Kup, Ph.D. (2019), is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at the Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland. Her primary research interests concern traditional Chinese music, including its developments during the New Culture Movement. Her recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski, and monograph Polskie nazwy miejscowe w jzyku chiskim: Kontekst historyczno-kulturowy, metodologia przekadu i sownik [Polish Toponyms in Chinese: Historical and Cultural Context, Methodology of Translation and a Dictionary] (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-authored with Kamil Burkiewicz.

"China under Xi Jinping provides a timely and comprehensive assessment of the evolution of China in the era of Xi Jinping. It takes in a sound manner stock of achievements, challenges, and failures in various policy areas, including the domestic realm and Chinas international relations. These areas are well chosen, in fact, the inclusion of interesting dimensions such as arts and sports sets this edited volume positively apart from other publications." - Alfred Gerstl Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacky, University in Olomouc (Czech Republic)

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionHanna Kupś, Maciej Szatkowski and Michał DahlPart 1Political Dimensions1 The Characteristics and Evolution of China’s Political System under Xi JinpingBogdan J. Góralczyk2 Xi Jinping’s Regime Maintenance ParadigmYan Chang Bennett3 The Realpolitik of Xi Jinping ThoughtJohn Garrick4 Is There a Xi Style of Politics Change and Continuity Since 2012?Kerry Brown5 When Chinese Communist Party (ccp) Meets the Pandemic An Authoritarian Resilience?Yung-Yung ChangPart 2Economic Dimensions6 The Great Chinese Transformation From the Third to the First WorldGrzegorz W. Kołodko7 The Belt and Road Initiative, Centralisation of Local Interests and Centre-province RelationsDominik Mierzejewski8 China’s Policy on Climate and Energy towards 2060Łukasz GacekPart 3Social Dimensions9 Social Development under Xi Jinping Education, Health, and RetirementOctasiano M. Velerio Mendoza10 Chinese Nationalism in the Era of Xi JinpingJoanna Wardęga11 Competition in the National College Entrance Examination and Disparity of Access to Elite Higher Education in ChinaTanja Carmel Sargent, Karen Hao and Wang Fei12 Functionalities of Political Humor in Xi Jinping’s Era Resistance, Cynicism, NationalismWendy Weile Zhou and Lutgard LamsPart 4Cultural Dimensions13 Opium of the People? Religious Politics in the Xi Jinping’s EraMartin Lavička14 Cinema Reconsolidation of Party-State Hegemony in a Market EconomyChris Berry15 Between Art and Social Responsibility Politics of Music in the Xi Jinping’s EraHanna Kupś16 Community of Common Language The Last Decade in the Advancement of PutonghuaKamil BurkiewiczPart 5Foreign Policy Dimensions17 China’s Belt and Road Initiative as Xi’s Personal Legacy ProjectKonstantinas Andrijauskas18 Chinese ‘Security’ in the Xi EraDavid A. Welch19 China’s Space Program and Its Quest for Superpowerhood Goals, Strategies, Perception of ChallengesMichał Dahl, Hanna Kupś and Maciej Szatkowski20 China’s Rise to the Global Sports PowerVic Yu Wai Li and Marcus P. ChuIndex

Micha Dahl, is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Dean of the Political Science Division at University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland. His research interests are within contemporary international relations and concentrate on Asia and the Pacific region, particularly domestic and foreign policy of the United States, China, Japan and the Philippines, as well as cities in IR. His recent publications include monograph The Role of Cities in International Relations. The Third-generation of Multi-level Governance? (Edward Elgar, 2022), co-authored with Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawowski, Joanna Modrzyska and Pawe Modrzyski, Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China, co-edited with Hanna Kup, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), and The Philippines Strategy Towards the Indo-Pacific Region (2022), written with Joanna Marszaek-Kawa.Maciej Szatkowski, Ph.D., is a sinologist and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Culture Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland, and Chair of the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at NCU. His research focuses on contemporary Chinese culture and literature, particularly Chinese counterculture of the late 1980s and 1990s, as well as drama translation. His recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Hanna Kup, and Maciej Szatkowski, and translation of Sun Huizhu and Fei Chunfangs drama China Dream ((Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022) (together with Karolina Kodrzycka).Hanna Kup, Ph.D. (2019), is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at the Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland. Her primary research interests concern traditional Chinese music, including its developments during the New Culture Movement. Her recent publications include Balancing Changes. Seventy Years of Peoples Republic of China (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-edited with Micha Dahl, Dawid Rogacz and Maciej Szatkowski, and monograph Polskie nazwy miejscowe w jzyku chiskim: Kontekst historyczno-kulturowy, metodologia przekadu i sownik [Polish Toponyms in Chinese: Historical and Cultural Context, Methodology of Translation and a Dictionary] (Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Press, 2022), co-authored with Kamil Burkiewicz.

"China under Xi Jinping provides a timely and comprehensive assessment of the evolution of China in the era of Xi Jinping. It takes in a sound manner stock of achievements, challenges, and failures in various policy areas, including the domestic realm and Chinas international relations. These areas are well chosen, in fact, the inclusion of interesting dimensions such as arts and sports sets this edited volume positively apart from other publications." - Alfred Gerstl Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacky, University in Olomouc (Czech Republic)

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionHanna Kupś, Maciej Szatkowski and Michał DahlPart 1Political Dimensions1 The Characteristics and Evolution of China’s Political System under Xi JinpingBogdan J. Góralczyk2 Xi Jinping’s Regime Maintenance ParadigmYan Chang Bennett3 The Realpolitik of Xi Jinping ThoughtJohn Garrick4 Is There a Xi Style of Politics Change and Continuity Since 2012?Kerry Brown5 When Chinese Communist Party (ccp) Meets the Pandemic An Authoritarian Resilience?Yung-Yung ChangPart 2Economic Dimensions6 The Great Chinese Transformation From the Third to the First WorldGrzegorz W. Kołodko7 The Belt and Road Initiative, Centralisation of Local Interests and Centre-province RelationsDominik Mierzejewski8 China’s Policy on Climate and Energy towards 2060Łukasz GacekPart 3Social Dimensions9 Social Development under Xi Jinping Education, Health, and RetirementOctasiano M. Velerio Mendoza10 Chinese Nationalism in the Era of Xi JinpingJoanna Wardęga11 Competition in the National College Entrance Examination and Disparity of Access to Elite Higher Education in ChinaTanja Carmel Sargent, Karen Hao and Wang Fei12 Functionalities of Political Humor in Xi Jinping’s Era Resistance, Cynicism, NationalismWendy Weile Zhou and Lutgard LamsPart 4Cultural Dimensions13 Opium of the People? Religious Politics in the Xi Jinping’s EraMartin Lavička14 Cinema Reconsolidation of Party-State Hegemony in a Market EconomyChris Berry15 Between Art and Social Responsibility Politics of Music in the Xi Jinping’s EraHanna Kupś16 Community of Common Language The Last Decade in the Advancement of PutonghuaKamil BurkiewiczPart 5Foreign Policy Dimensions17 China’s Belt and Road Initiative as Xi’s Personal Legacy ProjectKonstantinas Andrijauskas18 Chinese ‘Security’ in the Xi EraDavid A. Welch19 China’s Space Program and Its Quest for Superpowerhood Goals, Strategies, Perception of ChallengesMichał Dahl, Hanna Kupś and Maciej Szatkowski20 China’s Rise to the Global Sports PowerVic Yu Wai Li and Marcus P. ChuIndex