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February 2, 2013

The Chinese Dragon Is Trembling

Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian

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Which is not to say a challenge is coming soon: I was told the Communist party has perhaps two or three decades in which to reform. The regime that rules China is mighty indeed. But the dragon seems to be trembling within.

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