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Is the ‘Unthinkable’ Collapse of Communist China Now Thinkable?

Is the ‘Unthinkable’ Collapse of Communist China Now Thinkable?
Police and people clash during a protest against the Chinese regime's "zero-COVID" policy in Shanghai on Nov. 27, 2022. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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The November public protests across mainland China in the aftermath of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last month have been focused in a way not seen since the communists took control of the mainland in 1949.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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