This book is simultaneously a scientific study, a practical guide and diplomatic memoir about the new era in China’s development, which began in 2013 with Xi Jinping coming to power. It explores the modern Chinese experience of the political centralization of power, the fight against corruption, strengthening the country’s defense system, reinforcing the country’s diplomacy, the political rapprochement between China and Russia, and exacerbation of relations with the United States. It also considers issues of China’s adjusting its policy of reforms and its openness to a new era, transforming inefficient state-owned enterprises, building an IT-focused country, and overcoming phobias in the construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative related to the “debt trap” and the “trade deficit”, as well as the role of the Huawei Corporation. A separate section of the book is devoted to Belarus-China relations, exploring the reasons for the political rapprochement between these two very different countries. Review “[This is an] untypical story about China by a Belarusian Ambassador. Every reader can find a lot of interesting and new material here.”Vladimir PortyakovProfessor of Economics, Institute of the Far East, Russian Academy of Science “[This book] is a deep intellectual guide to a fast-changing China, as its rise has become the main script of global policy in the 21st century, and determines the life of the rest of the world. This book is written by an experienced practitioner, who uses China-Belarus cases to explain how to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with the superpower despite growing asymmetry.”Alexander GabuevHead of the Program, “Russia in the Asian and Pacific Region”, Moscow Carnegie Center, Russia “China is getting closer to Belarus, together with its everyday consumer products. This book gives an answer to the question, ‘How has China transformed in 40 years from a distant and mystical country to a country without which it is difficult to imagine modern life in Belarus?’”Sergei Dubkov, PhDChairman of the Board of CJSC “BSB Bank”, Belarus “[This book] is very rich, insightful, and constructive! It is very informative and fresh with perspectives.”Zhu Ning, Professor of Finance, Tsinghua University, China; author, China’s Guaranteed Bubble “This book is another attempt to understand the mystery of China. In my opinion, it’s the best one. I strongly recommend it to those who want to understand “why they succeeded, and we didn’t”, and for those who, together with the author, want to search for a national formula of “Chinese success.””Oleg DeminAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in China, 2013-2019 About the Author Dr Kiryl Rudy is the author of more than 200 articles and the books State Capitalism Reforms and the Path for Belarus and The Behavioural Economics of Belarus. From 2007 to 2012, he worked as the commercial counselor at the Embassy of Belarus in China, before serving as the Deputy General Manager of the Huawei Corporation in Belarus in 2013. He has also worked as Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Belarus and Chief of the Economic Department at the President’s Office. From 2016 to 2020, Dr Rudy served as the Ambassador of Belarus in China. He is currently a member of the supervisory board of the Belarus Development Bank, and a Professor at Belarus State Economic University.
