China's Transition

by Andrew J. Nathan

Book Overview

With more than one billion people, China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression. What are the prospects for democratic evolution in a nation with one of the world's poorest human rights records? How have other nations responded to China since the recent, dramatic opening of its economic system-and how should they respond in the future? These are some of the most important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110235
• ISBN13: 9780231110235
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"