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Thinking more about not only the possible future convergence but also about the common historical roots of state-society relations in Russia and China would enrich the volume and allow for a deeper conceptual contribution to the studies of authoritarianism. The last comment is informed by my own work on state-society relations in Russia, which focuses on the state as an authority that unites people and different social groups into one collective. The edited volume I Citizens and the State in Authoritarian Regimes i is a very rich and much needed collection of studies discussing state-society relations in Russia and China. [Extracted from the article]