Small government, big society? What role for the State in the Chinese Transition process?(II. Chinese Politics)

From: Social Research | Date: March 22, 2006| Author: Hui, Qin | Copyright information

An American scholar asked confusedly: In China today, who on earth is holding sway, the left or the right?

I answered him: In light of your criteria, neither. Because leftists will make detailed inquiries about the responsibilities of the rulers; and rightists will try to restrict the power of the rulers. Both of them as such are suppressed in China. However, the rulers help sustain their own leftists and rightists, for they need the "leftists" to expand their ruling pow...

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