How China Avoided a Soviet-Style Collapse
What have three decades of market reforms meant for the world’s largest working class?
2 Articles by: Isabella Weber
Isabella Weber is the author of How China Escaped Shock Therapy and assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
China Is Not the Enemy — Neoliberalism Is
China’s united response to COVID-19 is often painted as a reflection of authoritarian “Asian values.” But the collective mobilization relied on real public support — a temporary social truce that today threatens to fracture.