Chinese politics in the era of Xi Jinping: renaissance, reform, or retrogression?

Factors behind Xi Jinping's rise: factional intrigue and controversies over the future of reform

The making of a new helmsman

Xi Jinping's ideology and politics

Economics vs. politics: Beijing's uphill battle to retool the Chinese model

China's great leap outward

Conclusion: Xi Jinping and the closing of the Chinese mind.