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CSM: “An experiment in democracy leads to fierce resistance”

There are situations where the venality of local officials transcends the usual debate over political systems and makes me despair not for any particular locality or government, but for human nature in general. This is just such a case. From The Chris... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Wed, Sep 03 2008

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