China’s School Killings and Social Despair - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com
A Chinese adage, which refers to the people as “water” and the ruler as a “boat,” puts it: “while water can carry a boat, it can also overturn it.” The Chinese leadership, mindful of this dynamic, is in a process of rolling out a series of social welfare programs — minimum living standard safety net, old-age support and health care — which aim to cover a larger and disadvantaged population.
Xueguang
Zhou, professor of sociology and a senior fellow at
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford
University. He is currently in Beijing teaching at the
Stanford-in-Beijing program.
