Political and Social Control in China: The Consolidation of Single-Party Rule - Paperbackby Ben Hillman (Editor), Chien Wen Kou (Editor) During the past decade Xi Jinping has reasserted the Chinese Communist Party's dominance of state and society, tightening political and social controls to consolidate the Party's monopoly on political power in China. This volume brings leading China experts together to examine the changing mechanics of authoritarian rule in China, and the Party's systematic efforts to neutralise potential threats. The