Power Shift in China
The spectacular fall of Bo Xilai, the charismatic but notoriously ambitious Politburo member, is only the latest episode in the Middle Kingdom’s long history of power politics. Still, the prevailing views of overseas China analysts have changed dramatically in response.
Prior to the Bo crisis, many believed that Chinese political institutionalization was…
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