Elizabeth C. Economy, The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), 360

Abstract

Elizabeth C. Economy is Director of Asia Studies and C.V. Starr Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), New York, USA. In her recent publication, The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State, Economy explains ‘how the Chinese leadership has moved forward to advance its objectives and what have been the intended and unintended consequences of the new approach in recent years’ (p. 12). She asserts that while China’s influence in world affairs is growing rapidly, contradictions are inherent in the system as it desires to shape the predominant liberal world order. Apart from introspecting about Xi’s personality and his Chinese Dream, the book offers a retrospect on a range of reforms including political and cyber arenas, the most visible - environmental pollution, economic concerns such as issues of corruption, innovation and state-owned enterprises and China’s foreign and security policies.