China's coercive system still shows a capacity to suppress individuals deemed threatening to the state. Beneath the surface, this system is facing unprecedented challenges to central control, effectiveness, and discipline, all of which could produce a growing crisis of governability for Beijing.

Keywords:
Beijing, China, coercive, Communism, corruption, democratization, paramilitary, protests, state, Tiananmen
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