"This insightful study makes an important and timely contribution to the literature on Xi Jinping, his Chinese Dream and its influence on Chinese foreign policies and security postures. Prashant Kumar Singhs analysis connects the evolution of Chinas communist ideology with regard to culture and nationalism with the paradigm shift in Chinese foreign and security policy under Xi. Using official Chinese Communist Party documents, data, interviews and other scholarly writings, the book provides a comprehensive assessment of the drivers of Xi Jinpings external policies. Singhs analysis will be of great interest to readers seeking to better understand the roots and implications of Chinas approach to India and the world on the eve of Xi Jinpings third term as Chinas top leader." ---Bonnie S. Glaser, Director, Asia Program, German Marshall Fund of the US
"Dr. Prashant Kumar Singhs study of Xi Jinpings Chinese Dream: Chinas Renewed Foreign and Security Policy makes a significant and comprehensive contribution to our understanding of contemporary China. His acute analysis of PRC leader Xi Jinpings sharp departures from his predecessors policies, and his demonstration of how these changes have been driven by Xis ideological commitment to the so-called China Dream, open a new path to comprehending the depth and breadth of Xis policy shift from Marxism-Leninism to traditional Chinese Confucian culture and nationalism. Dr. Singhs study draws on Xis own explanations of his Chinese Dream to illuminate Xis economic, security, and foreign policies. He also ably dissects the inherent contradictions between Xis claim to universalist principles and the PRCs nationalistic core interests. It is a book any scholar or student working on China will want to have in their library." ---William A. Stanton, Ph.D., , University Chair Professor, International College of Innovation, National Chengchi University
"This is an important study on what drives Chinas policies today, and what implications this, holds for the future of Asia. This study of Xi Jinpings Chinese Dream, connects the idea to Xis focus on Maoist ideology within the CCP and to the cultural nationalism on which he has built his support within China. Importantly, the author examines how this notion, now a ubiquitous term in all official announcements from the Peoples Republic of China, has influenced economic, security, and foreign policy under Xi Jinping. As the author argues, the notion of the Chinese Dream defines Xis actions and behaviour on Chinas core interests: the advocacy of the China Model abroad, greater coercion in suppressing dissent at home, and greater assertion in strategically fraught domains like the Indo-Pacific, on the India-China border, and with its major trading partners like the United States and the EU. Clearly, the term is not to be dismissed as another catchphrase from a leader who wants to be enshrined as a Party ideologue" ---Professor Madhu Bhalla, Editor of India Quarterly of Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)
"Prashant Kumar Singh explores the complexities of Chinese diplomacy under President Xi Jinping with deftness and clarity. Xi Jinpings Chinese Dream: Chinas Renewed Foreign and Security Policy examines thoroughly what is perhaps the most ambitious yet jeopardizing experiment of the Peoples Republic of China since its foundation. As the Communist regime in Beijing enters an era of uncertainty, Singhs masterfully written book provides solid, empirical analysis of the fragile nature of authoritarianism with Xis characteristics." ---Kei Hakata, Professor at Seikei University
"A comprehensive study of the concepts backing Xi Jinpings Chinese dream and of the multi-faceted strategies deployed for asserting Chinas rising status in a new Era. This must-read analysis ends by asking a decisive question: can the wolf warrior diplomacy be enough for promoting an inspiring global alternative model?" ---Jean-Luc Racine, Emeritus Senior Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies (CNRS-EHESS)
"This book describes internal logic of Xi Jinpings China dream. You will know where the world is taken by rising China." ---MIMURA, Mitsuhiro, Senior Research Fellow, The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia
"By examining the ideological and cultural roots of Xi Jinpings Chinese Dream, this book provides a plausible explanation about the dramatic shifts of China's foreign policy from maintaining a low profile (taoguang yanghui) to wolf-warrior diplomacy (zhanlang waijiao) in recent years, and how it has created more challenges for Xi. A timely and well-structured piece for China observers." ---Mumin Chen, Ph.D., Deputy Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India, New Delhi, Professor of International Politics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan
"Not little has been published on Xi Jinpings signature policy of Chinese Dream. But Prashant Kumar Singhs book, backed by a wealth of information and a wide range of reference sources, stands out by offering a strategic image that points to the Confucian cultural roots. It helps us make sense of why this is Xis dream and guides us to anticipate what will come out of it. This book is undoubtedly a valuable addition to the literature on Chinese foreign affairs." ---Ka Po Ng, Professor at the University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, and author of Interpreting Chinas Military Power
