An Appraisal of Three Liberal Contributions to Political Reform in China
09/06/2016
Jorge Malena is Director, Contemporary China Studies (USal).
Senior lecturer, Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy (USal).
Senior lecturer, Argentine Foreign Service Institute.
Counselor member, Argentine Council for International Relations
Senior lecturer, Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy (USal).
Senior lecturer, Argentine Foreign Service Institute.
Counselor member, Argentine Council for International Relations
The debates on the future of China’s
political system have faded in the West since the early 2010s, perhaps
due to the lack of signs of openness at sight. However, the various
representations/images of the future flowing within the Chinese educated
rank (in government, think tanks and universities), contribute to
understand current policy making and what the “yet to come” might
hold.In the light of the role played by educated cadres in both shaping
and reflecting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) policy agendas,
examining these images can be valuable to calculate what the political
trend is likely to become. This paper’s main premise is that what elites
perceive about the PRC’s path in politics will correlate considerably
with what such path eventually becomes.The following analysis will touch
upon the scholarly production of three selected intellectuals, whose
approach to the study of politics –even though they do not stick to the
Party line- enjoy a considerable degree of recognition in the PRC elite,
given their regular access to publishing in the Chinese establishment
press.In the final remarks, a few considerations will be presented on
the possible outcome of the ongoing thrust towards modern governance.
