Minxin Pei

Minxin Pei is a Chinese-American political scientist. He is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, and the editor of China Leadership Monitor. His books include The Broken China Dream (2025), The Sentinel State (2024), China’s Crony Capitalism (2016), China’s Trapped Transition (2006) and From Reform to Revolution (1994).

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The Totalitarian Gene

A new theory of China’s political DNA advances a dark thesis: that totalitarianism is institutionally encoded in the nation-state, and cannot be reformed.

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Jun 2, 6:30-8pm; Asia Society NYC

NEW DATE: Frank Dikötter on Communism in China

[This event was postponed from an earlier date due to a snow blizzard.] How did the Communist Party take control of China? What does the Party’s path to victory tell about its rule today? Join us to hear renowned historian Frank Dikötter discuss all this and more, on occasion of his new book “Red Dawn Over China,” in conversation with Orville Schell. Use code CBR15 for a $10 discount!

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The Totalitarian Gene

NEW DATE: Frank Dikötter on Communism in China

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