From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies -- Amazon.

Ascendant Xi — the party maketh the man --Gripping iron and leaving marks — the party cleanses itself -- Law is order — the party writes the rules -- Caging the economy — the party gets back to business -- Grasping the pen shaft — the party tells its stories -- All under heaven — the party unites the nation -- Wolf warriors howling — the party remakes the world -- One man's fate — the party after Xi.