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Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. His books include From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union, China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy, and China’s Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay.
Minxin Pei
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