Explaining the curious Chinese paradigm
Using ancient Eastern philosophy
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30 min readJun 22, 2018
This article begins with an important question: How is there not pandemonium in China today?
The question rings at the back of my mind every time another dismayed Western reporter examines another new ‘totalitarian’ measure that President Xi’s CCP (Communist Party of China) took, bringing China one step closer toward Orwell’s 1984 dystopia.
I quote Elizabeth Economy, writing for Foreign Affairs (Is Democracy Dying?: A Global Report 2018) “But Xi quickly…
