What Path Should China Take? Thoughts from the Academic Community
Author: Wen-Shuen Tsai
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In analyzing, “Which Path China Should Take?” we use the theory of“Sociology of Knowledge” to discuss views of the “Old Left”, “NeoAuthoritarianism”, “New Left”, and “Liberalism”. We apply two concepts,including equality / efficiency and state / market to divide the article into fourcategories. Since the 1980’s, there have been three main debates focusing on thefuture path of China’s development. Through analysis of the above debates, wethink that the “Liberalism” would be a more feasible theory to revise the defects of“New Left” and guide the future direction for China.
Keywords：efficiency、equality、liberalism、Market、neo authoritarianism、new left、old left、sociology of knowledge、State