China's dramatic economic growth in the last two decades of the last century and the
prospect of its rise as a great power in this new one have greatly increased its weight and …

A respected Chinese political philosopher calls for the Communist Party to take the lead in
moving China along the path to democracy before it is too late. With Xi Jinping potentially set …

" Democracy is a good thing. This is true not only for individuals or certain officials but also
for the entire nation and for all the people of China."–Yu Keping So begins" Democracy Is a …

This collection of articles from the Journal of Democracy considers the prospects for
democracy in China. While China has achieved extraordinary economic success as it has …

Behind the political stagnation on the surface, signs abound that a fundamental political
transformation is taking place in China. In the fall of 2011, an unusually large group of …

The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-
first century, sounding the death knell for the Marxist-Leninist experiment and changing the …

While China's economic rise is being watched closely around the world, the country's
changing political landscape is intriguing, as well. Forces unleashed by market reforms are …

China is finding it ever more difficult to straddle the divide between its anachronistic political
system and its booming market economy. A reconsideration of the country's political future …

WHEN become answer is a WILL democracy? around CHINA the year The become a
democracy? The answer is around the year 2015. Some might think such a prediction …

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