The article below was submitted by Dan Farhat, an author and researcher based in Beirut, Lebanon. Dan responds to the critique made of China by some of the (particularly Western) left, that the introduction of market mechanisms from 1978 onwards was a betrayal of socialism and that China has become – or is on its … Continue reading Challenging the purists: the Marxist debate over China’s path
Why do you say there is a separated class of rulers? Nothing seems to indicate that.
Anyone can join politics in China, and many of top officials rose from being farmers, factory workers, elementary school teachers etc.
Do you know how their government works? How democracy works in China?
Could you provide some reading material for those off us who want to have a better understanding of their political process?