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In what I think is one of the best pieces he has ever written for the Wall Stret Journal, Boalt Law professor Stanley Lubman obliquely raises a compelling specter: if the Party and the government do not compel local governments to start protecting consumer interests as a first priority, they are allowing a vacuum into which non-governmental forces could step.
This prospect scares the daylights out of the Party, because they believe that the emergence of popular non-governmental associations could form the nexus of a viable political opposition. One need look no further than Poland's Solidarity movement to understand their fear.
"The new budget report that the ongoing session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) reviews will be a milestone on the country's path of substantially improving people's living standards. "
Western chains are raking in the bucks in China pushing traditional western holidays. But are they laying the foundation for cultural backlash or misunderstanding by tying the holidays too closely to commercialism in an environment that does not understand the deeper meanings of the days in question?
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