S ooner or later this economy will slow," the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman
declared of China in 1998. He continued:" That's when China will need a government that is …

Agreeing with Professor Pan Wei that maintaining stability in China and preventing war
between China and the United States are at least as important as the democratization of …

This article evaluates China's model of development, especially its main component, ie its
model of governance. It suggests that China's model of development is marked by an …

Democracy is regarded as a worthy value by most Chinese people including the top
leadership, yet in the last two decades, it seems that no progress has been made towards a …

Are China's citizens sufficiently satisfied to reduce potential challenges to the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) rule? It is reasonable to assume that if a significant percentage of …

Recent research on authoritarian regimes argues that they provide public goods in order to
prevent rebellion. This essay shows that the 'threat of rebellion'alone cannot explain …

Some China experts—most recently David Shambaugh of George Washington University—
interpret these ominous signs as evidence that the Chinese political system is on the verge …

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 modern political system consists of three sets of institutions: a modern, impersonal state,
rule of law, and mechanisms for democratic accountability. China developed the modern …

Because power in China is so concentrated at the top, changes in leadership usually mean
changes in many other domains as well. In this study, based on documents released around …