A review of From Comrade to Citizen: The Struggle for Political Rights in China by Merle Goldman.
About the Author
Liu Junning is senior fellow at the Institute of Chinese Cultural Studies of the Chinese Academy of Arts in Beijing and a former fellow at the Institute of Political Science of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He was editor of the journal Res Publica, as well as a series of books on democratization.
China is expanding its global media footprint, aggressively peddling its preferred narratives and stifling criticism of its policies, all the while undermining free expression, public debate, and electoral integrity in…
