tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375677198071754693.post254045074924031393..comments2023-08-17T04:52:41.012-07:00Comments on Chinese politics from the provinces: Is Politics Really In Command of the Chinese Military?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13371969246613017865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375677198071754693.post-3398254355871055132017-09-18T19:09:59.445-07:002017-09-18T19:09:59.445-07:00There is a post here [http://thediplomat.com/2017/...There is a post here [http://thediplomat.com/2017/09/chinas-peoples-liberation-army-may-have-a-civil-military-relations-problem/] that is clearly drawn directly from this particular blog piece. But it is presented as if the writer--Professor Farley of the University of Kentucky--also read the original piece and that my take above is simply, as he puts it, "good supporting analysis". <br /><br />The problem is that the article that I analysed above addresses none of the issues that the blog post by Professor Farley says it does. Readers of his post may believe that his piece is based on an analysis of the same article. But if that's the case, then why are Professor Farley's conclusions so unconnected from and unrelated to that which the original article in Chinese actually says? The focus of that original piece in Chinese (which not only appeared in Nanjing Daily, but other Chinese media here, though Professor Farley links only to the former) was what my post says, not the topics that Professor Farley writes of. Even a cursory reading of the original will bear that out. Given that fact, I would be curious to know from Professor Farley how he reached his conclusions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371969246613017865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375677198071754693.post-38889038339478734862017-09-06T20:31:25.228-07:002017-09-06T20:31:25.228-07:00as the nation grows and diversifies ownership of t...as the nation grows and diversifies ownership of the military may become an issue. My sense would be, if they're talking/writing about it, some one is worried. The {ARTY still has a good hold on the country so at this time it may not be an issue, but later this century, it will be. If history has taught us nothing else, it is that eventually China changes, not quickly, but it changes. e.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.com