China and East Asia: September 2001
Cracks in the Wall: China's Eroding Coercive State
Description: China's coercive system still shows a capacity to suppress individuals deemed threatening to the state. Beneath the surface, this system is facing unprecedented challenges to central control, effectiveness, and discipline, all of which could produce a growing crisis of governability for Beijing.
Volume: 100Issue: 647
Page: 243
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