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Yet the authoritarian one-party state has been kept afloat partly through the apathy and cynicism of many individuals in the country who refuse to say anything critical of the regime in public, such as the writer Mo Yan. When asked about the jailing of Liu Xiaobo, for instance, Mo Yan pretended to know nothing about it. This is the sort of cynicism and apathy that the Party-state needs to hold on to its monopolistic control over the government, the economy, and society.
Oct 11, 2012 11:28 AM
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