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“In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China.”

Political Serious Summer Spring China Disturbance

Author:Li Peng

“Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China's younger generation.”

Political Wealth Generations Information Flow Remains China Enormous Despite Elites Ruling Legitimacy Younger Generation

Author:Tom Lantos

“By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.”

Self Government Political Citizens Essentials China Deny Regimes Contrast Representatives Dissent Freedom Of Religion Self-government

Author:Todd Akin

“I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the most original and surprising and exciting of our time. The starting point is a system that none of us had anticipated, which I call Leninist capitalism, but also obviously because it is the most important emerging power. The question of China's relations with the United States in particular, and the rest of the world in general, is the question of war and peace in the 21st century.”

“It remains to be seen, for example whether China can continue to develop as a market economy while still retaining an authoritarian communist political system.”

Stills Political Economy Example Remains China Communist Political Systems Market Economy Retaining

Book:Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy

Source: Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy

“China has seen a great deal of economic progress. It's certainly rather of a miracle. The growing role of the market in the economy will force China to open up its political system over time and to move toward a more democratic society. So taken as a whole, the one real failure in this whole business has been Russia.”

Has Beens Real Whole Moving Political Force Deals Roles Economy Taken Growing Progress Economic Miracle Democratic China Russia Political Systems Democratic Society Economic Progress

Author:Milton Friedman