This article examines the intensity and sources of Chinese private entrepreneurs' support for
the current political system. The study presented here is based on data from a representative …

Jie Chen and Bruce J. Dickson draw on extensive fieldwork as they explore the extent to
which China's private sector supports democracy, surveying more than 2,000 entrepreneurs …

This paper investigates the question of how state policy influences the interactions between
cadres (party bureaucrats) and private entrepreneurs in China. We argue that state …

This article questions predictions about China's democratic potential based on rising
incomes in the private sector. For private entrepreneurs to constitute a democratizing force …

IN 1978, DURING THE THIRD PLENUM OF THE ELEVENTH NATIONAL party congress,
Deng Xiaoping initiated a new economic policy that was to have dramatic economic and …

This article, the product of several years of extensive fieldwork, seeks to reinvigorate the
debate on China's private entrepreneurs by arguing that they have become a “strategic …

It has become a truism that continued economic reform in China will contribute to political
change. Policy makers as well as many scholars expect that formation of a private sector will …

Have Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms generated a'civil society'in China? And to the
degree that they have, how has this affected the prospects for democracy? These are …

Is privatization in China leading to political change? This article presents original survey
data from 1999 and 2005 to evaluate the Communist Party's strategy towards the private …

Economic reforms in China have led to the creation of an entirely new social class: the
business elite. Entrepreneurs in the foreign and private sectors have benefited tremendously …