Arthur S. Ding is a Professor Emeritus of National Chenghi University (NCCU), Taiwan, and an adjunct professor at NCCU and Taiwan's National Defense University.

Jagannath P. Panda is a Research Fellow and Centre Head for East Asia at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi, India. He is also the Series Editor of Routledge Studies on Think Asia. His recent books include The Korean Peninsula and Indo-Pacific Power Politics: Status Security at Stake (Routledge, 2020) and India-China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority in a Multipolar World Order (Routledge, 2017).

Introduction: Xi Jinping, the 'Peking Order' and China's Post-COVID-19 Political Trajectory: A Primer Part I: Xi Jinping and Communist Party of China in Retrospection 1. Xi Jinping Restores the Ideological Imperative so as to Boost His Own Power 2. Xi Jinping's Reform and Rejuvenation of the United Front Work Department 3. Social Governance in China under Xi Jinping: Big Brother Is Watching You! 4. The Difficulty of Being Xi Jinping Part II: Xi Jinping's Social Governance and China's Commercial Party-State Affairs 5. State-Business Relations under Xi Jinping: Steering the Private Sector and Private Entrepreneurs 6. The Evolution of China's Industrial Policy and 'Made in China 2025' 7. Xi Jinping's 'China Dream' and the Future Graph of Chinese Economy 8. Xi Jinping's Financial Gamble: Will It Succeed? Part III: Xi Jinping and China's Security and Foreign Policy Posturing 9. China's Foreign Policy under Xi - Reappraisal of China's Partnership Diplomacy 10. Xi Jinping, the US-China Rivalry and Beijing's Post- COVID Manoeuvres 11. China-Southeast Asia Relations in the Era of Xi Jinping 12. Xi Jinping's 'Asia for Asians', Major Power Diplomacy and India 13. Xi Jinping's PLA and China's Regional Security Ambitions