TY - BOOK AU - NOESSELT Nele TI - A presidential signature initiative: Xiong'an and governance modernization under Xi Jinping PY - 2020/// KW - CHINA KW - POLITICS KW - LEADERSHIP N2 - This article analyzes changing patterns of leadership with a special focus on the re-centralization and re-personalization of Chinese politics as initiated under Xi Jinping. Going beyond the categorization of personalistic rule, it argues that the construction of visionary, futuristic governance ideas-as illustrated by the opening of Xiong'an New Area in 2017/2018-are part of a transformational leadership mode UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2020.1744378 ER -