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.
This past spring the world looked on in wonder as millions filled the streets of Beijing and 80 other Chinese cities, defying the Communist regime and demanding democracy.
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