When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter: Rethinking Democracy In China: 7711

Predictions of the coming collapse of Chinese politics are today commonplace, however this thought-provoking book explores a radically different alternative.

China, it argues, is a one-party dominated political system whose surprising levels of public support and resilience in the face of serious economic, environmental and social problems suggest that it is more durable than most outside observers suppose.

China is not an ailing 'autocracy', a case of 'crony capitalism' or a blindly repressive 'authoritarian regime'.

The rulers of China are in fact experimenting with a wide range of locally-made democratic tools designed to win the trust and loyalty of their subjects.