Liberal Voices from China: Liberalism, Equal Status, and Human Rights

Issue Date October 1998
Volume 9
Issue 4
Page Numbers 20-23
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About the Author

Mao Yushi is chairman of the Beijing-based Unirule (Tianze) Institute of Economics and adjunct professor of economics at several universities in China. In addition to serving as vice-president of the China Energy Research Society, he is a member of the International Advisory Group of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. The following essay has been translated from Chinese by Heping Shi.

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