A very long time ago, a Chinese scholar wrote, “The people are the most important element in a nation; the land and grain come next; the sovereign counts for the least.” That sovereign, moreover, should rule by the consent of those he governs, and if he’s a tyrant, the governed have every right to get…
China’s Great Philosophers Would Despise What Mao and the CCP Created
Commentary When the author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” Gordon Chang, predicted the imminent demise of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rule two decades ago, he argued that “regimes collapse when people are no longer afraid and think they’re no longer alone.” Chang’s forecast has yet to materialize. The state that Mao Zedong built…
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