May 6, 2008
Simultaneously Proud and Aggrieved
China’s competing nationalisms, by David Shambaugh
“The current hyper-nationalism is also fueled by the deep feelings of discontent and resentment currently gripping large sectors of Chinese society - wage arrears, stagnant incomes, unemployment, inflation, corruption, severe class disparities, environmental deterioration, moral vacuum and a deep sense of losing ground in China’s Hobbesian economy.”
True, and it’s remarkable that things are as stable as they are given the state of things.
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