http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/debate-western-liberal-democracy-would-be-wrong-for-china/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Fri, 24 May 2013 18:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/debate-western-liberal-democracy-would-be-wrong-for-china/#comment-59999 Alas, Death. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:05:15 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=146536#comment-59999 The introduction is quite absurd. A Chinese peasant is actually quite concerned about the (lack of) laws surrounding property rights. Which, of course, according to Francis Fukuyama, fits directly into the historical narrative of the rule of law in China.

]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/debate-western-liberal-democracy-would-be-wrong-for-china/#comment-59995 Bill Rich Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:13:05 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=146536#comment-59995 Short sighted people can see only the last 30 years of Chinese history and make the mistake of crediting the dictatorship for supposedly lifting 400 million from poverty. If one looks just a few more decades will realized that this dictatorship plunged 600 millions into poverty, and the 400 million lifted themselves back to where they were 60 years ago after the dictatorship loosen some of the ropes tying their ability to make a living.

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