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China's Split Personality.(booming coastal provinces and economically depressed rural areas)

Newsweek International

| October 28, 2002 | Pei, Minxin | COPYRIGHT 2002 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

For those who know China well, there is no greater sin than to suggest that the country does not make sense as a single colossus. Wonder aloud if it would be better off being chopped into smaller and more manageable states, and your Chinese friends will respond with horrified looks and fierce rebuttals. You will be told, most likely, that different standards apply to China. Size matters.

Within the People's Republic, from the graybeards in the Politburo to the average Wang, it is an article of faith that only national unity can produce greatness and peace, while fragmentation entails chaos. Memories of China's most recent collapse--barely 90 years ago--remain ...

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