Instead of democratic transition, China has witnessed a consolidation of authoritarian rule – the strengthening of a one-party regime through organizational learning and adaptation. Since 1989, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been pursuing a two-pronged strategy: selective repression that targets organized political opposition and co-optation of new social elites (the intelligentsia, professionals, and private entrepreneurs).
中国不仅没有实行民主转型，其专制统治，也就是通过组织上的学习和改造强化一党统治反而得到了加强。1989年以来，中国共产党一直实行两手策略，即针对有组织的政治反对派进行有选择的镇压以及拉拢收买社会精英（知识分子、专业人员以及私营企业家）。