Reddit reviews CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping

"Tiger and flies anti corruption campaign" that purged those standing in the way of power consolidation. Nabbing a few influential generals (some killed themselves) was probably the most important as controlling the military directly allows for making coups next to impossible.

Xi was originally put into power as a compromise between factions (they thought he was going to be a status quo leader) because one side wanted someone that was brought up in the Communist Youth League , and the other faction thought it was unwise to have 2 leaders in a row with this type of pedigree.

This is a very simple explanation as I don't feel like typing the book it would take to explain everything in minute detail, but at least it will give you something to start your search off.



https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2018/07/synopsis-rise-xi-jinping-china-global-power/


This book is an ok read on this:


https://www.amazon.ca/CEO-China-Rise-Xi-Jinping/dp/178453322X

you obviously haven't read this Winnie the Pooh book

It really is hard to write a book on Xi Jinping's leadership because it really is so so recent, and with a state like China where almost every act of governance is entirely opaque real time analysis is hard.

That being said I've heard good things about CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping although I haven't personally read it Kerry Brown knows what he's talking about.