The Broken China Dream

Pekingology by Center for Strategic and International Studies

Dec 11, 202539:31Government & Organizations

In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Minxin Pei, author of the new book, "The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism." Minxin traces the evolution of China's pol...

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