Will China Democratize?

The National Endowment for Democracy presents a discussion celebrating the publication of “Will China Democratize?”, a Journal of Democracy

Sponsored by The International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy

Featuring:

Louisa Greve, National Endowment for Democracy
Rebecca MacKinnon, New America Foundation
Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University
Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College

Moderated by Marc F. Plattner, Journal of Democracy

RSVP (acceptances only) with name and affiliation by Tuesday, April 8.

About the Event

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Will China Democratize? A Journal of Democracy book.A year ago the International Forum for Democratic Studies convened a panel entitled “China at the Tipping Point?” based on the series of articles that appeared under that title in the January 2013 Journal of Democracy.

It is also approximately a year since the turnover of power within the Chinese Communist Party that brought President Xi Jinping to the country’s top leadership position. Many observers expected that Xi would prove to be a reformer, but so far there is little evidence that this has been the case, at least with respect to political reform.

This panel will evaluate developments over the past year and examine in what ways China may be moving closer to or farther from a “tipping point.” The panelists are contributors to Will China Democratize?, a Journal of Democracy book edited by Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner that was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in the fall of 2013.

The event also will celebrate the book’s publication, and copies will be available for purchase (cash or check only).

About the Speakers

Louisa Greve is vice president for Asia, Middle East & North Africa, and Global Programs at the National Endowment for Democracy, where she previously served as director for East Asia, senior program officer, and program officer. She has studied, worked, and travelled in Asia since 1980 and has testified before Congressional committees on human rights in China and democracy promotion in Asia.

Rebecca MacKinnon directs the Ranking Digital Rights project at the New America Foundation. Author of Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom, she is co-founder of the citizen media network Global Voices Online and a former CNN bureau chief and correspondent in Beijing and Tokyo.

Andrew J. Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His teaching and research interests include Chinese politics and foreign policy, the comparative study of political participation and political culture, and human rights. Prof. Nathan’s most recent other book is China’s Search for Security, co-authored with Andrew Scobell.

Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and the director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. His research focuses on democratization in developing countries, economic reform and governance in China, and U.S.-China relations. His books include China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy.

Marc F. Plattner (moderator) is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, vice-president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, and co-chair of the research council of the International Forum for Democratic Studies. His latest book is Democracy without Borders? Global Challenges to Liberal Democracy.