While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is one of the most powerful political institutions in the world, it is also one of the least understood due to the party's secretiveness and tight control over the archives, the press and the Internet. The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party gives a comprehensive and multi-faceted picture of the party's traditions and values - as well as its efforts to stay relevant in the 21st century. China experts from universities and institutions in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America will explain how this quintessentially Leninist party is...