The Case for Chinese Federalism

Issue Date April 1999
Volume 10
Issue 2
Page Numbers 124-37
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About the Author

Michael C. Davis, a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and a former law professor at the University of Hong Kong, is the author of Freedom Undone: The Assault on Liberal Values and Institutions in Hong Kong.

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