Julian Gewirtz is author of Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China. He has been a Rhodes Scholar, Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and lecturer in history at Columbia University.
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On a hike in January 1984, Deng Xiaoping was warned that his path was a steep and treacherous one. 'Never turn back,' the Chinese leader replied. That became a mantra as the government forged ahead with reforms in the face of heated contestation over the ... SEE MORE