The enormous chasm in today’s China between the rich, privileged classes and the masses of poor could destabilize the nation, a prominent Chinese scholar has warned.
Professor Zheng Yongnian, the director of the National University of Singapore’s East Asian Institute and author of many books and journal articles on Chinese Communist Party politics, gave the caution in a Sept. 28 article in the pro-China Hong Kong-based broadcaster Phoenix Television.
Professor Zheng Yongnian. Zheng Yongnian/CC BY-SA 3.0
