Will China Democratize? The Road From Socialism

Issue Date January 1998
Volume 9
Issue 1
Page Numbers 6-10
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About the Author

Yizi Chen is president and vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Center for Modern China in Princeton, New Jersey. Prior to 1989, he was director of the Institute for Reform of the Economic System in Beijing.

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