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Will China Democratize? is a selection of essays which have appeared over almost three decades (1986–2013) in the Journal of Democracy (JOD). The JOD is funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, a democracy-promoting organization, which is in turn funded by the US Congress. JOD’s articles are primarily commissioned by its editors; so it is perhaps inevitable that most will assume the importance of China becoming a liberal democracy. This collection of articles has none presenting a popular line of thinking in recent years among many of China’s reformers and intelligentsia that China’s democracy will necessarily have “Chinese characteristics”; and there is no author presenting the Chinese government’s perspective on adopting liberal democracy. Having said that, the 28 essays are primarily written by China specialists or Chinese members of the “opposition”(most of whom live outside of China …