Boston Review, July/August 2011 –By Ying Ma This article is part of China’s Other Revolution, a Boston Review forum on political and social change in China. Ying Ma responds here to a lead article written by Edward S. Steinfeld, a professor of political economy at MIT. Over the past three decades, China’s rulers have relinquished [...]
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The Fate of the Freedom Agenda
Posted in Asia, China, Democratization, Freedom, Most Exciting Stuff, Trade and Business, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Asia, Bush, China, economic freedom, freedom agenda, Vietnam on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wall Street Journal Asia, August 1-3, 2008 No recent American President has promised to do more to combat repression than President George W. Bush. In his second inaugural address in January 2005, he pledged the United States to the goal of ending tyranny in the 21st century. His freedom agenda, formulated in the wake of [...]
China’s Democratic Immunity
Posted in China, Democratization, Most Exciting Stuff, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged China and democracy, economic freedom leads to political freedom, U.S. China policy on March 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wall Street Journal Asia, March 9-11, 2007 Promoting democratization under authoritarianism is hard work. Americans often behave as if democracy will blossom at the snap of our fingers. As the daily violence in Iraq reminds us, though, reality is often much more grim and complicated than our most fervent wishes. Away from the birth pangs [...]
China’s Stubborn Anti-Democracy
Posted in Anti-Americanism, China, Democratization, Freedom, Internet, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged China and democracy, political and economic freedom in China, US China policy on February 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Policy Review, February/March 2007 For more than a decade, successive U.S. presidents have declared that political liberalization leading ultimately to democratization in China would be desirable and decidedly in America’s — and the world’s — interests. The Clinton administration, after some initial tortuous twists and turns, fashioned a policy of “constructive engagement” with the Chinese [...]
Making China Listen
Posted in China, Democratization, Freedom, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged China and democracy, China and human rights, Rep. Chris Smith, US China policy on April 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Weekly Standard Online, April 19, 2006 While Chinese President Hu Jintao prepares to face the White House this week on issues ranging from the bilateral trade deficit to China’s role in resolving the North Korean and Iranian nuclear crises, Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) is planning to slam the Chinese regime for its political repression. The [...]
Democracy’s Slow Boat to China
Posted in China, Democratization, Internet, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged democracy and China, Google and China, Internet censorship on February 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Wall Street Journal Asia, February 15, 2006 The U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations will hold a hearing today to examine the operating procedures of U.S. Internet companies in China. But at the heart of the matter rests a burning question that is unlikely to be answered: What if [...]
