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Orville Schell's China Journey

Asia In-Depth

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The Tendency, the Four Basic Principles

In the eighties, which otherwise were considered to be a pretty open time in china. But within that meform movement, there was a steel shank of one party rule that never was dissolved. So even as he was catalyzing all these centrifugal tendencies and reforms,. marketization and intellectual openness - it's what's happening now. Didn't he at some point say that china could potentially become a democracy in 50 years?

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