Chih-yu Shih

In October 2022, the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded, extending Xi Jinping's leadership indefinitely, which many view as a one-party dictatorship. Exploring Confucian and socialist principles, Confucian Governmentality and Socialist Autocracy in Contemporary China examines the relationship between the citizens and leaders in the Chinese autocracy. By applying a Foucauldian twist to a range of...