When the Qing dynasty fell in 1912, some Chinese saw it primarily as the return to Han
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In the Hu Jintao era (2002—2012) China's politics, economics, and national security policies
have changed almost beyond recognition. The ongoing transformation has been largely …

Toward Better Governance in China takes a fresh look at the latest efforts made by Chinese
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Five years after Beijing's pragmatic new leadership embarked on its Four Modernizations
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China had three revolutions in the twentieth century. The first was the 1911 collapse of the
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China Against the Tides, 3rd Edition argues that, in both Mao and Deng periods, China
evolved in ways quite different from the Soviet model and from other developing countries …

With more than one billion people, China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity
and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression. What are the prospects …

Authoritative and fully up-to-date account by leading China expert on China's economic rise
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" Democracy is a good thing. This is true not only for individuals or certain officials but also
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