Will China Democratize? Three Scenarios

Issue Date January 1998
Volume 9
Issue 1
Page Numbers 54-59
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About the Author

Suisheng Zhao is professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. He is executive director of the university’s Center for China-U.S. Cooperation and editor of the Journal of Contemporary China.

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