
Demain la Chine : Démocratie ou Dictature? - (China Tomorrow: Democracy or Dictatorship?)-
A commonly accepted thesis is that China's spectacular economic development and the expansion of a middle class that it entails will sooner or later lead to a liberalization of its political system and a more or less gentle evolution towards democracy. How sure can we be of that? Jean-Pierre Cabestan shows the fragility of this thesis with regard to the actual functioning of the Chinese political system and its relations with society. It sets out the reasons which make it muc