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The Puzzle of East Asian Exceptionalism

Issue Date October 1994
Volume 5
Issue 4
Page Numbers 90-103
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About the Author

Minxin Pei is Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. In January 2021, he joined the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy.

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Volume 6, Issue 2

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Volume 27, Issue 1

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