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I also did not wish to replicate the tone of memoirs like Wild Swans where the central narrative was victimization by the Communist party-state until the opportunity to escape to the West and freedom finally presented itself.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Writing Chinese History Through Biography: A Quick Q & A With Joseph Esherick Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011
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I also did not wish to replicate the tone of memoirs like Wild Swans where the central narrative was victimization by the Communist party-state until the opportunity to escape to the West and freedom finally presented itself.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Writing Chinese History Through Biography: A Quick Q & A With Joseph Esherick Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011
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The image of a monolithic party-state directed by political elites picking electoral winners alienates an increasing number of voters.
Singapore Divides Over Elite Rule Garry Rodan 2011
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This common refrain is still chimed with certainty, and stridency, by average citizens, just as leaders of the party-state employ it when addressing foreigners.
Strangers at Home Geremie R. Barm 2010
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What true introspection on the performance of the Chinese Communist Party in East Turkestan reveals is that the real three evils in the region are Han chauvinism, party-state despotism and bankrupt communism.
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The sad truth is that quality and efficiency are not the surest means to prosper in the "new" China; rather, it's the "old" Communist-era formula of good personal relations with the party-state.
Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg: Friends Without Benefits: The Bush/Obama China Policy 2009
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Because the Western business community is so cowed by the party-state, positive change will require a nuanced foreign policy from Western governments.
Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg: Friends Without Benefits: The Bush/Obama China Policy 2009
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When a public official is referred to as (party-state), the first part refers to the party of which he is actually a member.
Lieberman In New Journal Column: Confront Iran, Don't Leave Iraq 2009
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As Google, Cisco, and Yahoo! learned when they were asked to comply with China's Internet censorship policy, and as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Apple are about to discover as they review the party-state's demand to install censorship software on all computers sold in China, even high-tech companies offering sophisticated products need to be filtered through the screen of the party-state before they can be sold into the Chinese market.
Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg: Friends Without Benefits: The Bush/Obama China Policy 2009
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Thus far, however, the Obama Administration's approach to relations with China mirrors that of the Bush Administration, and offers little hope of questioning the dominance of the party-state on any front.
Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg: Friends Without Benefits: The Bush/Obama China Policy 2009
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