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title: "The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century"
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# The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century

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			        		&#x2018;A new interpretation of the Chinese party-state&#x2015;shows the advantage that derives from a comparative theorist looking at the Chinese system.&#x2019; &#x2015;Tony Saich, Harvard University&#x2018;This is an excellent book which asks important questions about China&#x2019;s future. In a lively and persuasive manner, the author vividly analyses key data in a comparative and theoretical manner. Far and away the best introduction to how the CCP dictatorship works.&#x2019; &#x2015;Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Madison&#x2018;There is no lack of scholars and pundits abroad who tell us that dictatorship in China is for the greater good. In a timely and engagingly written book, Stein Ringen systematically demolishes all the components of this claim.&#x2019; &#x2015;Frank Dik&#xF6;tter, University of Hong Kong&#x2018;Stein Ringen shows how the Chinese state has used both fear and material inducements to build a &#x201C;controlocracy&#x201D; of a size and complexity unprecedented in world history. Perfect as a dictatorship, but brutal, destructive, and wasteful. The author&#x2019;s encyclopedic understanding of his topic is based on a mastery of relevant scholarship and is delivered in clear, no-nonsense prose that bows to no one. Ideal as a textbook.&#x2019; &#x2015;Perry Link, University of California, Riverside&#x2018;China is a complex country, and there is a range of reasonable interpretations of its political system. Professor Ringen&#x2019;s interpretation is different than my own, but China watchers need to engage with his thought-provoking and carefully argued assessment. If current trends of repression intensify, less pessimistic analysts will need to recognise that Ringen&#x2019;s analysis may have been prescient.&#x2019; &#x2015;Daniel A. Bell, Tsinghua University
						    	
					    	
						
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