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China's journey in the past more than 40 years is one of the most complicated case studies in modern international history. Since the start of the reform and opening-up era in 1978, the country has undergone a socioeconomic change that has never happened before in human history. Many Western experts, who based their predictions on liberal modernization theories, believed that this rapid growth would eventually fail within China's political framework.
The most popular theory in the late 20th century said that opening up the economy would eventually lead to a Western-style political democracy. But the Communist Party of China has proven these predictions wrong by strengthening its leadership and running a governme
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