Author: Harry Harding | Journal of Democracy

Harry Harding, dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, is also a trustee of the Asia Foundation and a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He is the author of a number of books about China, most recently Fragile Relationship: The United States and China Since 1972 (1992).

January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1

Will China Democratize? The Halting Advance of Pluralism

Harry Harding

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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?