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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen’s legacy
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    Posted: 22-Oct-2012 at 08:52
Originally posted by longbaby

The future of China is still very uncertain. There is still a strong government in operation. Most of their policies are implemented to their will. Within the nation , the only problem threatening their regime is corruption. Now they don't have effective measures to inhibit corruption.

That's true. Corruption threatens every regime, including Britain, Europe and the US
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Posts: 528 		  Quote lirelou Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-Oct-2012 at 17:27
Nick, in re your: "Corruption threatens every regime, including Britain, Europe and the US"

In the political science classes I took, the term regime implied a government over which whose citizens, nationals, or subjects had very little control or say. 

At least one Wiki entry agrees:  "While the word regime originates as a synonym for any form of government, modern usage often gives the term a negative connotation, like an authoritarian government or dictatorship."

So while you are correct in the Miriam Webster definition of regime, it would perhaps have been more to the point to assert that corruption threatens every government. Unless, of course, it does not, and only threatens authoritarian or dictatorial ones. 
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Posts: 50 		  Quote longbaby Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-Oct-2012 at 07:14
well if regime owns a negative connotation, then what is the opposite word to it? How to address a government over which whose citizens, nationals, or subjects have much control or say? democracy?
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Posts: 528 		  Quote lirelou Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-Oct-2012 at 11:50
Longbaby, I think you've answered your own question. Why not just government? that includes everyone from the dictatorships through various grades of authoritarian to democratic. Doesn't corruption undermine them all?
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Posts: 126 		  Quote heyamigos Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13-Nov-2012 at 05:08

The Chinese govt. is like a wolf that can be tamed.  The only question is, the West willing to tame and domesticate it within its household or let it simply survive in the wild and be treated as the wolf it is?
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