Is China Ready for Democracy?

Issue Date Spring 1990
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Page Numbers 50-61
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About the Author

Andrew J. Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and a member of the steering committee of the Asian Barometer Survey. His books include China’s Search for Security (with Andrew Scobell, 2012).

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