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Join us for a conversation with Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Professor of Political Science at Hong Kong Baptist University and author of China Tomorrow: Democracy or Dictatorship?. The conversation will be moderated by Tony Saich, Ash Center Director and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs.
About the Book
About the Book
Arguing against conventional wisdom, this important book makes a compelling case for the continuing strength of China’s one-party system. Many analysts have predicted that China’s unprecedented economic development and middle-class expansion would lead to a liberalization of its political regime and a move toward democracy. Instead, leading scholar Jean-Pierre Cabestan contends that the Chinese Communist Party will continue to adapt and prosper in the coming decades, representing a growing challenge to all democracies. Influenced by China’s traditional culture and even more so by the regime’s Soviet ideology, institutions, and modus operandi, most Chinese are not pushing for democracy, choosing security, stability and prosperity over political freedoms and participation.