Chinese collective values

POST: The Biggest Threat to China is not Social Turmoil but Social Decay (Part II), Sun Liping, China Digital Times, March 12, 2009

If you want an explanation of why Chinese won't reach for democracy during crisis, this is a good one. The fear regarding a loss of social cohesion is a biggie.

(Thanks: Craig Nordin)

Comments

[Ping]

Great article!! Thanks for sharing, Tom.

These kind of words coming out from a professor in the most prestige college in mainland China ought to be credited. In addition, the way Dr. Sun present his option is very unique and objective, comparing to these articles from official newspapers. Just by not blocking Dr. Sun's article on the web, in my mind, China is making police progress, maybe slowly, even painfully.

[Louis Heberlein]

It is profound that China allowed this article to be shared globally for its insights. It is sad that there were not many more US media avenues to reach our people. China has been learning for thousands of years, and had effective agents like Confucius and Kublai Khan. But, the most interesting thing to me is that they are more aware than most of both how they are alike and different in the thinking of other world cultures.

One similarity quote from the article: " In our society, there is a tendency to exaggerate short-term problems and ignore long-term ones."