International Law

A Serious Analysis Of China By A Serious Person.

By Dan

In response to what has been transpiring in the Middle East, a whole slew of articles have come out on whether China is ripe for the same thing. I have started reading maybe one hundred of these articles, but completed probably less than a dozen. I stopped reading as soon as it became apparent to me that their authors had no particular expertise and were writing the piece to advance their own agenda of painting China as evil or as a place where you should go to invest (presumably, using the author as your consultant).  

Francis Fukuyama's Wall Street Journal piece on China does not come within either category and it is flat out great. The conclusion (that China is not yet ripe for change) is not what matters. What matters is that Fukuyama engages in real and sustained and substantial analysis. If you read no other article on what we can expect in China, read this one. 

NOW.

Full post as published by China Law Blog on March 13, 2011 (boomark / email).