Does China Enjoy Greater Legitimacy Than Any Western State?
I was listening to the radio a little while ago, and heard Martin Jacques talking about China. I listened with renewed concentration. Jacques was formerly editor of Marxism Today, so he is a man who knows a thing or two about oppressive pseudo-socialist regimes. Much of what Jacques had to say was insightful, but one of his claims seemed surprising. Warning his audience he was about to shock them, Jacques asserted that ‘the Chinese state enjoys greater legitimacy than any Western state’. This is, by any standards, a courageous claim to make. Jacques advanced three, connected, arguments to support it. ... continue reading
