The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Daniel Leese – professor of modern Chinese history and politics at the University of Freiburg and author of “Mao Cult: Rhetoric and Ritual in China’s Cultural Revolution” (Cambridge 2011) … Read more
It has become a truism that Xi Jinping is the most powerful leader in China since Mao Zedong. In 2016, a Times Magazine cover showed an image of Mao behind a peel-away picture of Xi, implying Xi is the second coming of Mao. In analyzing Xi’s centralization of power and personality cult, many articles from the New … Read more
Advertisement The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Chun Han Wong – China correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of “Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and … Read more