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100	1		_aESAREY Ashley
245			_aPropaganda as a lens for assessing Xi Jinping's leadership/ _cAshley Esarey
260			_c2021
520			_aThis article examines Xi Jinping's utilization of state propaganda since his rise as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012. Through a comparison of reportage on Xi and other national leaders and the consideration of case studies from the Mao and Xi periods, it argues that Xi has made more extensive use of propaganda in the People's Daily than any leader since the founding of the People's Republic, with the possible exception of Mao Zedong. By evaluating a 'Xi Jinping effect' in propaganda, this article suggests Xi has leant heavily on media power to project authority over the Party and beyond. Xi Jinping's ascent has also coincided with reduced emphasis on other leaders, providing evidence for the weakening of collective leadership in China.
650			_aCHINESE LEADER _xCHINA _xGENERAL SECRETARY _xCHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY _xCCP
773			_aJournal Of Contemporary China : _gVol.30, No. 132, November 2021, pp.888-901 (102)
598			_aCHINA, POLITICS
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2021.1893555 _zClick here for full text
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