The success of the recent leadership transition in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) might
be interpreted as evidence that China's authoritarian regime is historically unique. More than …

After the Tiananmen crisis in June, 1989, many observers thought that the rule of the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would collapse. Instead, the regime brought inflation under …

The ease with which the recent turnover of power was handled bespeaks an unprecedented
degree of institutional stability within China's political elite. And yet the CCP has for some …

This essay challenges the widely held view of the CCP's purported “resilient
authoritarianism,” which asserts that China's one-party political system is able to enhance …

Small wonder then that more scholars are coming to see the viability and effectiveness of
state institutions as essential to prospects for democracy. As Samuel P. Huntington …

China collapse into disunity or even civil war? These are challenging questions with no easy
answers, and I have been asked both many times over the last few years, in China itself as …

Despite China's stellar record of economic growth since the late 1970s, skepticism about the
country's future abounds. Serious questions have been raised about the picture created by …

China has been experiencing a dynamic process of economic reform and social
modernisation for more than 25 years now. For those who follow the country's transformation …

This essay examines the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s strategies for maintaining social
stability. Although the CCP has tried to institutionalize the political system in the reform era …

The conventional wisdom on China's domestic political situation is one of tension and
turmoil. China's leaders seem beset with a host of problems for which they have no ready …