Authoritarian China prospers without democracy

Grassroots democratic activism exploded across the developing world in 2013. Is China next? With an authoritarian system strained by severe socio-political and environmental problems, and an increasingly assertive middle-class, is China's one-party state heading towards a crisis that will force it to democratise or die?

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Benjamin Herscovitch is a Beijing-based Policy Analyst at The Centre for Independent StudiesHe is available for comment.

Accountable Authoritarianism: Why China's Democratic Deficit Will Last

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