Is China Ready for Democracy?

Almost a half-century after being forced from their homeland, Tibetans abroad, led by the Dalai Lama, have democratized their institutions in hopes that they may one day form the basis…

Despite current trends, Chinese thinkers friendly to human rights and liberal democracy have left behind a treasury of thought from which their country may one day draw new inspiration.

With both reformists and leftists pushed aside, political center-stage now belongs to new pragmatists both inside and outside the Communist Party.