The Death of China in Slow Motion

The intelligentsia in China is more aware of the abrogations of freedom than the same in the United States.  Many professors in the U.S. long for communism, while those in China suffer under it.

Under Xi, China is suffering from increasing lack of diversity in thought that is brought on naturally by the lack of diversity in political viewpoints and leadership.  This, in turn, leads to a stagnation of innovation, which will lead to a stagnation in economic growth and the eventual decline of all of Chinese society.  China is now following in the footsteps of Soviet Russia.

Yet, in America, people clamor for communism without thinking about the consequences of such a system.  People are evil, and thus communism will always fail.

This article was written by a Beijing professor, named Xu Zhangrun, who is attempting to change the course of debate in Chinese politics.  He wrote a blunt and scathing article on the issues with Chinese communism:
http://chinaheritage.net/journal/imminent-fears-immediate-hopes-a-beijing-jeremiad/
This article was translated into English by Geremie R. Barmé.

Xu addresses four principles, eight fears, and eight hopes for China:

Four Principles:
 - Stability and security
 - Private property rights
 - Tolerance for personal freedoms
 - Term limits for political appointees

Eight Fears:
 - Property tremens
 - Putting politics back in command
 - Class struggle
 - A new closed-door policy
 - Excessive international aid
 - Repression of intelligentsia
 - A new cold war
 - Return to totalitarianism

Eight Hopes:
 - An end to wasteful international aid
 - An end to diplomatic extravagance
 - An end of party privileges and party nobility
 - An end of luxury provisioning
 - Requiring party officials to publicly declare their assets
 - An end to the Xi personality cult
 - Restoration of presidential term limits
 - Overturning of the 4 June Edict (regarding Tiananman Square justification)

Related article here: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/04/19/a-specter-is-haunting-xis-china-mr-democracy/

The Globalist on China

The Globalist has, in the past, been somewhat known (at least in my mind) for their single-minded Liberalism.

This post is one of the most thoughtful, comprehensive and nuanced articles I have ever seen from the Globalist.

A 5 second view of the article is about how many business leaders adore China and their strong, unified policy without considering the costs of such a policy.

https://www.theglobalist.com/china-united-states-governance-society-economy-xi-jinping/