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Minxin Pei
Minxin Pei is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.
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Can China Rescue Europe?
Minxin Pei Series: China World 2011-09-29Some have called upon major emerging countries, and on China in particular, to step up and use their huge foreign-exchange reserves to purchase the debt of crisis-ravaged countries, such as Greece, Italy, and Spain. China can't rescue Europe by itself, but it certainly has the means – and the incentive – to help.... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 0 Read: 12983
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Will China’s Capitalist Revolution Turn Democratic
Minxin Pei Series: China World 2006-06-15Communist China has experienced a monumental capitalist revolution in the last two decades, with an economy that is now six times bigger than it was 20 years ago. A minor player in the global economy in the 1980’s, China today is the world’s third largest trading power. But if these stunning economic statistics make you think that so much capitalist development must also have brought more democracy to China, think again. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 54716
