Some Chinese scholars say the revolution did little for China except to usher in chaotic warlordism, followed by authoritarian government.
Shougang began its operations under the authoritarian government of Alberto Fujimori, whereas Chinalco began its operations after democracy was re-established.
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One cannot help but sympathize with Russian citizens who are, once again, forced to bear the burden of authoritarian government.
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Last summer, Mr. Lankov wrote about how the evolution of public markets in North Korea has challenged Mr. Kim's authoritarian government.
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When an authoritarian government is in trouble on the home front, it's tempted to play the nationalist card to shore up support.
The country has high levels of political risk, reflecting its effectively authoritarian government and, accordingly, high levels of political interference in key sectors.
It is a pity that Chile led the way: for many observers this proves that only an authoritarian government can abolish pay-as-you-go state pensions.
South Korea's industrial titans first prospered in part thanks to their close ties with an authoritarian government (though Samsung was not loved by all the generals).
China is in that stage now, with an authoritarian government fighting to slow the influx of farmers from the countryside and employ the ones who make it to the city.
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Its authoritarian government has bullied, threatened and invaded countries.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Baer told a congressional panel that Vietnam's authoritarian government is rightly proud of expanding Internet use, but it has diminished the value by curbing free exchange of ideas.
North Korea for years has engaged in a cycle of provocation, then accommodation with the U.S., South Korea and Japan, countries it routinely portrays as enemies, in pursuit of financial assistance and security guarantees to preserve its family-led authoritarian government.
Knowing the need to bolster support for his tiny principality and deflect criticism of his own authoritarian government, the peripatetic Hassanal earlier this year traveled even more frequently than usual, not just to his second home in Singapore, or to friendly Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
China may very well have bubbles in many sectors, but bubbles can last for a very long period, especially when you have an authoritarian government, a non-market economy, and a ruling party that took as one of its lessons after the collapse of the Soviet Union the need to deliver fast economic growth at all costs.
In this speech the Secretary General embraced the concept of global taxation and fees, automaticity in international development finance, and authoritarian world government.
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Political opponents and human rights groups have expressed concern that the 61-year-old president will lead an authoritarian and repressive government.
As Luis Fleischman, writing for The Americas Report, predicted last November, the Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, is creating a constituent assembly aimed at increasing a more authoritarian system of government.
The tenth anniversary of de Gaulle's rule in 1968 was marred by student riots and a general strike, ostensibly against the Vietnam war but which developed into a protest against authoritarian, centralist government in general.
But if Russia is a dysfunctional, corrupt, statist nightmare, and if the problem is its authoritarian and unaccountable government, then one would reasonably expect other post-Communist countries that have made much more progress in democratization, liberalization, and building the rule of law to be performing better.
Since the end of the cold war, the developing world has seen much progress in transitions from authoritarian rule to democratic government.
Indeed, Brazil has supported Chavez in the international arena thus helping prolong the agony of the Venezuelan people, the authoritarian practices of its government, and the geo-political threats to the region.
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Tunisia, for example, now seems the most likely candidate to make a successful transition from authoritarian rule to truly representative government.
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Tabloid-wooing helps explain the authoritarian streak of the last Labour government (and much besides).
Those who would preserve the authoritarian nature of China's government aren't gone, but they've been marginalized by the facts of life in the modern world.
Look at Russia, whose government is becoming more authoritarian and anti-American.
Meanwhile, the authoritarian instincts of the Hun Sen government will continue to create problems on the diplomatic front, as well as to prevent the emergence of a fully functioning democracy.
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While the competition between northern groups has prevented the government from becoming too authoritarian (Yemen is one of the two or three Arab countries that are on the edges of democracy), it has also prevented strong government institutions from evolving.
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