tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522506126371019477.post3228936728049111248..comments2021-10-23T14:41:05.823+01:00Comments on Don Milligan's Blog: CHINA: RIOTS & THE RULE OF LAWModern Timeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05757426905239687345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522506126371019477.post-70055085425380652142009-07-17T13:17:45.278+01:002009-07-17T13:17:45.278+01:00The CPC has some sixty odd million members - it is...The CPC has some sixty odd million members - it is evidently not a political party in the ordinary sense of the term. It is a vast layer with privileged access to the state. There must be tensions and contradictions within it. It is worth remembering that most big reforms or even positive revolutions since 1789 have started in some sense within the ancien regime.Modern Timeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757426905239687345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522506126371019477.post-42362408602636371552009-07-17T13:11:35.588+01:002009-07-17T13:11:35.588+01:00The question that comes to my mind after reading i...The question that comes to my mind after reading is this whether you think that the Communist Party is intrinsically reactionary in the sense of being incapable of guaranteeing the rule of law or not? Do you think there are a mixture of forces within it some of which are pressing for the rule of law or do you think it is intrinsically incapable of permitting this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com