Culture | China’s future
On its centenary, five authors assess China’s Communist Party
What happens in China after Xi Jinping’s rule will shape the world’s future, too
The Party and the People. By Bruce Dickson. Princeton University Press; 328 pages; $29.95 and £25
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Party on”
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