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Even well-established democracies need reform, and any successful effort to reform democracies must look beyond conventional institutionselections, political parties, special interests, legislatures and their...
Born in Beijing in 1950, the experimental writer Li Rui came of age in the thick of the Cultural Revolution. His experiences shaped not only his perception of China’s unraveling but also his novelistic style....
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