“The main problem being of course that in a country as large as China, this is an extremely expensive undertaking, so they have set themselves a very big task.”
“In absolute terms, if you look at situations around the world, there are many societies - and I would name somewhere like Colombia as being an obvious example - where it's clear that the relationship between the state and rural society is in terminal freefall. China is a very long way from being in that state, partly because the government itself is much stronger.”
“In absolute terms, if you look at situations around the world, there are many societies -- and I would name somewhere like Colombia as being an obvious example -- where it's clear that the relationship between the state and rural society is in terminal freefall. China is a very long way from being in that state, partly because the government itself is much stronger.”
