The first of a two-part series on the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party analyzes the rise to power of President Xi Jinping and his use of propaganda to transform a celebration of the CCP into a celebration of China and its leader.
The second brief in the series, on the rise of Chinese nationalism under Xi Jinping, is available here.
July 19, 2021, 9:01 a.m.
Richard J. Smith, Ph.D., is a Baker Institute Rice scholar, as well as the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities, a professor of history and director of Asian and Global Outreach in the Center for Education at Rice University. …
Aynne Kokas, Ph.D., is a nonresident scholar for the Baker Institute China Studies Program and an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. She is also a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kokas’ current …
