China's Infinite Transition and its Limits: Economic, Military and Political Dimensions

Intro -- Preface -- Praise for China's Infinite Transition and its Limits -- Contents -- Notes on Editor and Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 China's Economic Reform Pattern: Fundamentals of "Infinite" Transition -- "Incremental Transition" Chinese Style: Origins, Theoretical Principles, and Expectations -- Devil in Details. "Incremental Transition" That Never Happened -- Dynamics of "Multiple-Track" Regulatory Design -- Macroeconomic Management with "Chinese Characteristics" -- Fundamentals of "Infinite Transition" and Xi Jinping's "New Normal" -- References -- 3 Resources, Trends, and Goals of Chinese Military Modernization -- The Military Reform and the Internal Politics of China -- New Structure of Central Military Commission -- Centralizing the Internal Security -- New Capabilities to Operate During the Crises -- New Chinese Military: Extreme Centralization Under Personal Control of the Top Leader -- References -- 4 Limits for Continuity and Change in Political Transformations -- Xi Jinping's Rising to the Top of Chinese Political Hierarchy -- Evolution of China's Political System in the Course and After 19 Congress of the CPC -- New Policy of Improving Young Cadres -- Xi Jinping as "the Core of China's Leadership" -- How to Assess an Evolution of Chinese Political Systems? -- References -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- References -- Index.