Will China Democratize? “Even Our Caution Must Be Hedged”

Issue Date January 1998
Volume 9
Issue 1
Page Numbers 60-64
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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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