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Names: Esarey, Ashley, editor. | Han, Rongbin, 1980– editor.

Title: The Xi Jinping effect / edited by Ashley Esarey and Rongbin Han.

Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2024] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023054096 | ISBN 9780295752808 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780295752815 (paperback) | ISBN 9780295752822 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Xi, Jinping. | Political leadership—China. | China—Politics and government—2002– | China—Social policy. | China—Foreign relations—21st century.

Classification: LCC DS779.46 .X52483 2024 | DDC 320.95109/05—dc23/eng/20240319

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023054096

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