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Power Problems • December 24, 2019 

# China’s Authoritarian Turn 

Michael Swaine, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the crisis in Hong Kong, the plight of the Uighurs, and China’s recent authoritarian turn.

- [Michael Swaine bio](https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/119)
- Michael Swaine, “[Chinese State-Society Relations: Why Beijing Isn’t Trembling and Containment Won’t Work](https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/03/14/chinese-state-society-relations-why-beijing-isn-t-trembling-and-containment-won-t-work-pub-78596),” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 14, 2019
- Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley, “[“Absolutely No Mercy”: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html),” *New York Times*, November 16, 2019
- Richard McGregor, “[Party Man: Xi Jinping’s Quest to Dominate China](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2019-08-14/party-man),” *Foreign Affairs*, September/​October 2019

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Quincy Institute

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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##### John Glaser 

Host, Power Problems Podcast

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