Indeed, the majority of Chinese weren’t communists — far from it, in fact. In 1929, in the industrial city of Wuxi, north of Shanghai, the Party had a mere 25 members out of a population of 100,000.
China did not avoid communist collapse by preserving the old model exactly as it was. Instead, it kept one-party political control while gradually opening parts of the economy, allowing private ...
Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...