Author: | Minxin Pei | ISBN: | 9780674974364 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 3, 2016 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Minxin Pei |
ISBN: | 9780674974364 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | October 3, 2016 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
China’s efforts to modernize yielded a kleptocracy characterized by corruption, wealth inequality, and social tensions. Rejecting conventional platitudes about the resilience of Party rule, Minxin Pei gathers unambiguous evidence that beneath China’s facade of ever-expanding prosperity and power lies a Leninist state in an advanced stage of decay.
China’s efforts to modernize yielded a kleptocracy characterized by corruption, wealth inequality, and social tensions. Rejecting conventional platitudes about the resilience of Party rule, Minxin Pei gathers unambiguous evidence that beneath China’s facade of ever-expanding prosperity and power lies a Leninist state in an advanced stage of decay.