The Writing On The Wall: China And The West In The 21st Century
The Guardian just published a long excerpt, entitled, "New China. New Crisis," from Will Hutton's book, The Writing on the Wall: Why We Must Embrace China as a Partner or Face It as an Enemy. Hutton contends "China's explosive economic reforms will create seismic tensions within the one-party authoritarian state."
For more on the book and the issues it raises, check out the following:
- Peking Duck: "Does the Future Belong to China?"
- Jottings From the Granite Studio: "Does the Future Belong to China?"
- A Glimpse of the World: "Does the Future Really Belong to China?"
- Sadagopan's Weblog: "The Chinese Story Thus Far and Farther."
Comments (3)
Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endnanheyangrouchuan - January 7, 2007 11:30 AM
China's sense of its proper place in the universe is still enforced in the media and in school as well as "150 years of humiliation". The greed and blindness of foreign companies and investors has helped inflate that sense of natural supremacy with tall buildings, shiny toys and ill-gotten, overnight wealth.
China and the chinese will have to give up some of that wealth to make the needed changes...but will they?
The cure to truly modernizing may involve destruction of the whole system (which, after 5000 years of continuous rot is in terminal condition) and then a complete reconstruction.
China Law Blog - January 7, 2007 3:59 PM
nanheyangrouchuan --
That is a good question and I think the answer is that they will suceed in some respects and fail in other respects. I am not trying to be flippant here, but I do not view most questions about China's future as "either or."
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