China's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy has proven
simultaneously appealing and a source of domestic discontent. This essay collection …

Many studies of government in China either simply describe the political institutions or else
focus, critically, on the weaknesses of the system, such as corruption or the absence of …

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's reform era is ending. Core factors that characterized it-political stability, ideological
openness, and rapid economic growth-are unraveling. Since the 1990s, Beijing's leaders …

The success or failure of China's development will impact not only its own citizens but also
those of the world. China is widely recognized as a global actor on the world stage and no …

China's path to political reform over the last three decades has been slow, but discourse
among Chinese political scientists continues to be vigorous and forward thinking. China's …

The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains
how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international …

Abstract In 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) declared victory in its civil war,
a Cold War perspective neatly divided the world into communist and anticommunist/liberal …

In recent decades, China has become a quasi-capitalist economic powerhouse. Yet it
continues to be ruled by the same Communist Party-dominated government that has been in …

The year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of China's policy of “reform and opening,”
which was initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978. Over the course of the past three decades …