Abstract
Xi Jinping's first year in power has been all about signalling the challenges to the party's grip on power and indicating how these challenges might be met. Despite a change in emphasis, these challenges have long been established and identifying them is not the same thing as solving them.
Shaun Breslin, is Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at The University of Warwick, where he runs a large EU funded project on the EU in a multipolar world.
