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Article: Authority and Welfare in China: Modern Debates in Historical Perspective. (Reviews).(Book Review)
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- China Review International
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- September 22, 2001
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Michael Twohey. Authority and Welfare in China: Modern Debates in Historical Perspective. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. xii, 227 pp. Hardcover $75.00; ISBN 0-312-21746-3.
Ever since the opening up of the economy in the late 1970s, the prospect for a democratic China has seemed plausible. The experience of Taiwan lends substance to such a view. In some quarters it is believed a Chinese democratic passage is inevitable; it is only a matter of time. Hu Shao-hua, in Explaining Chinese Democratization (Westport: Praeger, 2000) even goes so far as to suggest that China will be democratic by the year 2011. Others, however, are not so optimistic. Many remain ...