Renowned scholar Francis Fukuyama in the Los Angeles Times published an article: the weakness of China's powerful

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renowned scholarsFrancis FukuyamainLos Angeles Times published an article: the weakness of China's powerful

Los Angeles TimesAuthor: Francis Fukuyama 2008-04-30 09:38:09

In fact, China today is the bigger problem in some areas too weak to defend people's rights. Most violations of the rights of ordinary Chinese citizens, such as the peasants of the land was confiscated without proper compensation, workers in sweatshops to the harsh conditions of labor, or the villagers because of the polluters and illegal dumping of poisoning, which occurred in levels Far lower than the central government level.

China1978years after the modernization of the unique way by"township enterprises"impetus. Local government bodies to township enterprises to set up a business, enter the emerging market economies of freedom. These entities great success, many become very rich and powerful. In collusion, have a similar early industrial England the evil workshop (satanic mills).

According to the statement, the central government to suppress these local government entities, but powerless. On the one hand, it did not have the ability, on the other hand, its reliance on local governments and the private sector to create jobs and tax revenue.

the Communist Party of China understand that it is riding a tiger. Every year thousands of social protests are violent incidents, the state authorities to contain these momentum, but can not seem to touch on the underlying source of instability.

Americans traditionally do not trust a strong central government, support the federal distribution of power. Its logic is for the Government closer to the masses, this is very reasonable, but we often forget that the local oligarchy to the same oligarchy and the central purposes of tyranny. In the history of the English-speaking world, the cradle of true freedom is not the local authorities the ability of the central government of checks and balances, but the local authority and the balance between a strong central government.

19century English legal scholar Des Moines (Henry Sumner Maine) to an "ancient laws and customs (Early Law and Custom) "a book which one called"France and England (France and England) "the Miaowen that this fact. He pointed out that the eve of the French Revolution, the most common complaints against individual farmers on the nobility of their property rights grievances. According to the Des Moines statement, the French judicial power is dispersed, at the local aristocracy under the control.

and the contrary, from Normandy to conquer the beginning, the main British-jun on the successful establishment of a strong, unified, centralized judicial system. King's Court to protect non-elite groups, so that they looted from the local aristocracy.

weak countries may damage the cause of freedom. Poland and Hungary to the nobility of their monarchs can put the equivalent of the Charter (Magna Carta, translator note: This is Britain used to restrict the king absolute power of the British Constitution) the binding of the central government in those countries with the British central government does not like, in later generations much time is still weak, unable to protect farmers, let them from the local aristocracy Against, let alone protect the country against external invasion.

the United States do the same. In"'state'right"And under the banner of federalism, in the southern part of the local elite before and after the civil war oppressed African-Americans. American freedom is a powerful central government and decentralized national product of the balance-When necessary, this country can send National Guard to Little Rock (Little Rock) To protect the rights of black children go to school.

We know that freedom will not come21century. China, or when it will come. It may be the first by a major poison the environment of the concerns triggered by the government to promote the accountability of the country. However, only when the following conditions are met, it will come: the public demands of local governments and enterprises down by the demands of the central government is responsible for the strong support-powerful enough to force countries to comply with local elites Requirements. (The authorFrancis Fukuyama)

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