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Is China's Authoritarian Revival Undermining Its Rise? (Carl Minzner)

Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm

133 S. 36th Street, Room 250 (Forum) Map Accessibility
Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics
Co-sponsor: Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Open to the Public / Refreshments Provided

Carl Minzner, Fordham University School of Law
Moderator: Neysun Mahboubi, Center for the Study of Contemporary China

AFTER YEARS OF DEFYING THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM that a more open economy would bring about democratic reforms, will that failure – and indeed its more recent turn to greater authoritarianism under Xi Jinping – ultimately hamper China’s continuing rise as an economic and global power?