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1993 – 2016: (7) “The Nature of the State Determines Its Political Form” : Chapter Seven of “The Logic of Politics” 王沪宁等著《政治的逻辑》

“The Nature of the State Determines Its Political Form” is Chapter Seven of The Logic of Politics: Principles of Marxist Political Science 政治的逻辑 马克思主义政治学原理 written by Chief Editor/Author Wang Huning 王沪宁 (now chief Party ideologist and #3 on the Politburo) and a … Continue reading

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2024: Suicide in China 中国自杀现象 (via Chinese language 维基百科)

During the 1990s, the suicide rate among rural women was the highest in the PRC. I recall vividly a meeting with experts from the section of the PRC Ministry of Agriculture (around 1998 while working in the US Embassy Beijing … Continue reading

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2022: Party Pragmatism, Party Totalitarianism and Rocks in the River

The Chinese Communist Party says reasonable things about learning from practice and then adjusting theory on the basis of experience in iterations of going between theory and practice. Somehow though, it seems that democratic centralism and the people’s democratic dictatorship … Continue reading

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2016: Qin Hui on 20th Century Democratic Transformations: Successes and Failures

I just came across on Baidu this transcript of a talk by fomer Tsinghua University History Professor Qin Hui. Now Qin Hui is an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Qin Hui: Embracing Democracy – Revelation of … Continue reading

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The “Oh How did we go wrong?” Question

However Did Our China Crystal Balls Fail Us? I have been noticing some people asking the question “How did we get China wrong?” My thinking is that engagement by western people and western government with Chinese people has been very … Continue reading

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