Please join the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub on Thursday, August 4, from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. ET for a virtual discussion of the new book, Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi by Victor Shih.
For the first time since Mao, a Chinese leader may serve a life-time tenure. Xi Jinping may well replicate Mao’s successful strategy to maintain power. If so, what are the institutional and policy implications for China? Coalitions of the Weak investigates how leaders of one-party autocracies seek to dominate the elite and achieve true dictatorship, governing without fear of internal challenge or resistance to major policy changes.
Featuring
Victor Shih
Associate Professor;
Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations
University of California San Diego
In conversation with
Shirley Martey Hargis
Nonresident Fellow,
Global China Hub and Digital Forensic Research Lab
Atlantic Council
The Global China Hub tracks Beijing’s actions and their global impacts, assessing China’s rise from multiple angles and identifying emerging China policy challenges. The Hub leverages its network of China experts around the world to generate actionable recommendations for policymakers in Washington and beyond.
