In a July 2 article in Foreign Affairs titled "Hong Kong is Part of the Mainland Now," WEAI Research Scholar Michael C. Davis wrote about recent developments in Hong Kong, suggesting that the Chinese government has "stifled the territory's autonomy" with its new security law which allows authorities to crack down on "protesters accused of 'colluding with foreign forces,' … [Read more...]
Andrew Nathan and Michael Davis discuss Hong Kong as new security law takes effect
WEAI Professors Andrew J. Nathan and Michael C. Davis participated in two virtual panels hosted by Hong Kong Democracy Council US on Beijing's new security law over Hong Kong, which took effect on July 1, 2020: the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese control. Click here to watch the first panel. Click here to watch the second panel. … [Read more...]
Where the Party Rules: The Rank and File of China’s Communist State
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Daniel Koss (Cambridge University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In most non-democratic countries, today governing forty-four percent of the world population, the power of the regime rests upon a ruling party. Contrasting with conventional notions that authoritarian regime parties serve to contain … [Read more...]
