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    Larry Diamond argues that East Asia is more likely than the Middle East to experience a new wave of democratic transitions in the next 5 to 10 years. Thailand is progressing back toward democracy, while Malaysia and Singapore show signs of entering a period of democratic transition. Burma is also liberalizing politically for the first time in 20 years. Most significantly, China faces a looming crisis of authoritarianism that could generate opportunities for democratic transition in the next two decades or possibly sooner. The article examines prospects for democratic change in East Asian countries like China, Indonesia, and others.

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    Larry Diamond argues that East Asia is more likely than the Middle East to experience a new wave of democratic transitions in the next 5 to 10 years. Thailand is progressing back toward democracy, while Malaysia and Singapore show signs of entering a period of democratic transition. Burma is also liberalizing politically for the first time in 20 years. Most significantly, China faces a looming crisis of authoritarianism that could generate opportunities for democratic transition in the next two decades or possibly sooner. The article examines prospects for democratic change in East Asian countries like China, Indonesia, and others.

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    Larry Diamond argues that East Asia is more likely than the Middle East to experience a new wave of democratic transitions in the next 5 to 10 years. Thailand is progressing back toward democracy, while Malaysia and Singapore show signs of entering a period of democratic transition. Burma is also liberalizing politically for the first time in 20 years. Most significantly, China faces a looming crisis of authoritarianism that could generate opportunities for democratic transition in the next two decades or possibly sooner. The article examines prospects for democratic change in East Asian countries like China, Indonesia, and others.

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    China and East Asian Democracy: The Coming

    Wave
    Larry Diamond

    ISSUE DATE:
    January 2012

    VOLUME: 23

    ISSUE: 1

    PAGE NUMBERS: 5-13

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    ABSTRACT

    With the eruption of mass movements for democratic change throughout the
    Arab world in 2011, hopeful analysts of global democratic prospects have
    focused attention on the Middle East. But if a new regional wave of transitions
    to democracy unfolds in the next five to ten years, it is more likely to come
    from East Asia: Thailand is progressing back toward democracy; Malaysia and
    Singapore show signs of entering a period of democratic transition; Burma, to
    the surprise of many, is liberalizing politically for the first time in twenty years;
    and China faces a looming crisis of authoritarianism that will generate a new
    opportunity for democratic transition in the next two decades and possibly
    much sooner.
    About the Author

    Larry Diamond is senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global
    Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. The January
    2022 issue is his last after 32 years as coeditor of the Journal of Democracy.

    View all work by Larry Diamond

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    SUBJECT

    Democratic transition, Economic development

    REGION

    Asia, East Asia

    COUNTRY

    China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

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