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Is China’s Transition Trapped and What Should the West do about it?

This policy brief attempts to challenge three popular views on China.

The Political Economy of China’s Transition

This policy brief argues that Minxin Pei’s China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy contains a number of useful insights into the political economy of...

Is China Trapped in Transition?

An overview of a range of reflections by leading experts on Minxin Pei's thesis that China's transition has stalled.

China’s Transition: Predatory State or Developmental Autocracy?

China’s economic transition is not ‘trapped’. Instead, China has the capacity to move forward to a more sophisticated and equitable economy.
Far from being paralyzed,...

Traps, Gaps, and Law: Prospects and Challenges for China’s Reforms

It is unwarranted or too early to conclude that China’s transition is ‘trapped’, legally and politically.

China’s Transition and the Limits of the American Constitutional Perspective

The standard frameworks used to evaluate constitutional systems are not well suited to exposing transitional capacity.

The Role of Foreign Investment in China’s Transition

The rate of increase of foreign direct investment (FDI) has slowed and its proportion of totalinvestment in China has declined.

China’s Trapped Transition Reconsidered

A response to the reflections on Minxin Pei's book, China's Trapped Transition.

Courts as Legislators: Supreme People’s Court Interpretations and Procedural Reforms

Courts in China today often act like legislative bodies, making law by issuing interpretations of laws that are binding on the courts.

The Impact of the World Trade Organization on the Chinese Legal System

It is still early days to appreciate fully the effects of China’s World Trade Organization (WTO) accession in 2001.

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