Author: Arthur Waldron | Journal of Democracy

Arthur Waldron is director of Asian studies at the American Enterprise Institute and Lauder Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.

April 2002, Volume 13, Issue 2

Cracks in the Middle Kingdom

Arthur Waldron

A review of Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing. By Ian Buruma.

January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1

Will China Democratize? The End of Communism

Arthur Waldron

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Will China Democratize?

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Andrew J. Nathan

Although China has achieved extraordinary economic success without the CCP regime loosening its authoritarian grip, can the country continue its growth without political reform?