
China's Fear of Contagion: Tiananmen Square and the Power of the European Example
The MIT Press Podcast
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The Dangers of the CCP Leadership in Eastern Europe
The unraveling of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe basically taught the Communist Party in China, says Peter Bergen. "I think that the example really showed the dangers to the CCP leadership," he says. Could the United States have made a difference if it adopted a different policy under the Bush administration then? It's hard to know what else could the Bush administration have done?, writes Bergen.
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