China's new domestic reality marks a departure from the previous four decades of reform and transformation. Deng Xiaoping's formula of "hiding your strength and biding your time" has been replaced with assertiveness and displays of power. China's new domestic reality marks a departure from the previous four decades of reform and transformation. Deng Xiaoping's formula of "hiding your strength and biding your time" has been replaced with assertiveness and displays of power. In line with Chinese tradition, all major aims, visions, proposals, and decisions are once again statedefined
and state-focused. The personal rule of Xi Jinping, often referred to as the "Chairman of Everything," dominates, creating a "Party of One." At the same time, personal connections-China's famous guanxi-have regained importance in institutions. This study, written by a former diplomat in Asia and a seasoned Polish sinologist and political scientist, focuses on three major issues: the current political system and governance in the PRC, so-called Xi-nomics, and China's new global role following the pandemic and
the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Preface - Introduction. Why Xi? - Chapter I. Power: A Civilization Pretending to Be a State - Chapter II. The Inner Circle: Xinomics and Techno- Autocracy - Chapter III. The Outer Circle: Chinese Governance or Governance
with China? - Conclusion. Xi Jinping and the Chinese Strategic Tradition - China 2022: In a New Era - Selected Literature - Index of Names Bogdan J. Góralczyk is a political scientist and sinologist, and a tenured professor at the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw. He is a former long-term diplomat in Hungary, Polish Ambassador to Thailand, and head of Polish diplomatic missions to Myanmar and the Philippines. He has written extensively on China's transformation
over the past four decades, as well as on political developments in Southeast Asia, including Burma/Myanmar and Thailand Simultaneously he was dealing with internal dynamics in Hungary.
