5. The Great Power Doctrine: Xi Jinping and the Algorithmic Empire

1. The text analyzes Xi Jinping's concept of governance not as ordinary politics, but as a holistic civilizational project. The author defines the 'great power doctrine' as a system for mobilizing social resources over a long time horizon, where the future is organized rather than awaited. A key element of the legitimacy of power is the leader's biography—the experience of hardship and physical labor in Liangjiahe, which builds the image of the 'Secretary of the People.' Xi Jinping appears as a modern mandarin who synthesizes party rigor with market efficiency. In this vision, the state becomes the overarching community and guarantor of order, and governing the country is compared to a precise art requiring strict internal Party discipline and civilizational pedagogy directed at the citizens.