Essay| September 01 1993 Losing Control: The Erosion of State Authority in China David Shambaugh David Shambaugh David Shambaugh is senior lecturer in Chinese politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and editor of The China Quarterly. He is the author of Beautiful Imperialist: China Perceives America, 1972-1990 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1991), a contributing editor of American Studies of Contemporary China (Armonk, N. Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1993), and contributing coeditor with Thomas Robinson of Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1993) 92 (575): 253–259. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1993.92.575.253 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation David Shambaugh; Losing Control: The Erosion of State Authority in China. Current History 1 September 1993; 92 (575): 253–259. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1993.92.575.253 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentCurrent History Search This content is only available via PDF. © 1993 by The Regents of the University of California1993 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.