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EdSteinfeld

Edward S. Steinfeld

Edward S. Steinfeld is Professor of Political Science at MIT and author of Playing Our Game: Why China’s Rise Doesn’t Threaten the West.

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Though there has been no “Chinese Spring,” it would be hard to describe what has transpired in China over the past twenty years as anything but a revolution.

Edward S. Steinfeld

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The commentaries on my article raise a number of thought-provoking points. I would like to concentrate on one: the notion of stability and conservatism as organizing principles of Chinese governance. In Andrew...
Edward S. Steinfeld

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