Author: Dali L. Yang | Journal of Democracy

Dali L. Yang, previously the chairman of the department of political science at the University of Chicago, is now the director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China (2004).

July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3

China’s Long March to Freedom

Dali L. Yang

China is gradually changing. In the coming years, the pursuit of individual dignity and human rights will increasingly come to the fore.

January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1

China’s Changing of the Guard: State Capacity on the Rebound

Dali L. Yang

The Chinese state has become more efficient, constrained, and responsive—improvements that could lay a base for a successful transition.