All Comments for China's Economy Faces Anti-Graft Fears Amid Crackdown

The analysis by Professor David Bachman is particularly astute--the Xi leadership's denunciation of universal values and Western thought should logically include Marx's prophecy of a universal classless society, withering away of the state, and other aspects of Marxist romanticism and utopianism. The article includes quoted material from PRC state-run media, and is reasonably balanced.

Aug 08, 2014 01:15 PM

@Xhit Cheatpig

Care to cite your source instead of telling us about it like it is hearsay? Everyone, including the Chinese, know that there is no oil need the Diaoyutai/Senkakus. There is however, a large gas field. If your so-called "Asian paper" can't even get that bit of research right, then I recommend switching to a more credible source. But given your bias, perhaps that is exactly what you need for your brain.

@Anonymous 8/5 1:49 PM

What secret weapon? You mean the Self-Defense Force, which coincidentally in Mandarin, sounds like "Self-Comforting" Force? (I will let you figure out what the euphemism "self-comforting" stands for and why it is very much connected with Japanese culture, at least post-WWII.)

Aug 07, 2014 11:23 PM

@Anonymous 8/6 3:13 AM

If the article is going to quote Gordon Chang, an extremist who is known to be very much biased against China, then it should also quote someone who is also very pro-China in order to balance him out and allow readers to get both sides of the story. Otherwise, it is a propaganda piece no better than that produced by the Chinese state media.

Aug 07, 2014 11:19 PM

It is interesting to note how all these experts throw their half baked comments all over the place based upon information from dodgy sources like Gordon Chang, an infamous anti China idiot.

Aug 05, 2014 06:40 PM

These are not experts but concerned people. If the communists allowed them to speak their minds, the communist see the true feeling of its citizens.

I supposed the communist propaganda are the true source of information. Should we eat up all what the communist serve us without asking questions? Oh wait, we don't want to do that, we might be charged for "stir up trouble" for asking questions.

Aug 06, 2014 03:13 AM

The little "Government workers" are frightened or on strike? LOL. No problem, Xhit Cheatpig will instigate a noisy "NAtionalistische soZIalistische" Bewegung, or in English: NAZI outcry, against a neighbor. Today I read a news from an Asian paper that China starts to move an Oil Rig towards Senkaku...Bet that the Chinese will start to go on rampage... However, Japan isn't Vietnam...

Aug 04, 2014 02:48 PM

China doesn't know Japan. Although Japan has pacifist constitution, it doesn't mean Japan will let China its throat, far from it. Japan will defend herself, even if she has to use her secret weapon. A defeat Japan is a dead Japan. A victor Japan is a proud Japan.

Aug 05, 2014 01:49 PM

'"Officials should keep firm belief in Marxism to avoid being lost in the clamor for western democracy, universal values and civil society," it said.'

In other words, the Communists are saying it's better for them to self-appointed than to have people elect them because they know more about themselves than the people know them. Does that make sense?

"In June, state media blasted Shanghai officials for failing to push innovative economic policies in the city's pilot free trade zone but warned them against taking risks. The conflicting pressures followed a mixed message from Xi on experimental reforms."

'"... there is no evidence that officials have stopped making decisions out of fear of being reprimanded," wrote Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen, director and assistant director of Brookings' John L. Thornton China Center.'

This is like shooting in a dark, hoping to land on the right spot. Confused policy is not a policy, it a burden.

Aug 04, 2014 02:40 PM