Changing Facts on Stability Maintenance

Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com China's astronomical price of "stability maintenance" this year caused global controversy. Many Western media reported it, including Voice of America, Faguang Radio, Wall Street Journal and Hong Kong's Ming Pao, Recently, Xinhua, media of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attacked Faguang, claiming that it was trying to change the subject to grab attention, and that China only has "public safety" expenses instead of "stability maintenance" expenses. But let's listen to expert's analyses to find out who really is trying to change the subject? The article from Xinhua, signed by Zhou Jijian, denies from its beginning the existence of a budget for "stability maintenance". However, it claims that the RMB624 billion mentioned by Faguang is actually a public safety expenditure. Chen Zhifei (New York City University professor): "'Stability maintenance' carries strong political overtone, and leans to the current safety system. 'Public safety' is recognized by the masses. Chinese authorities do not want to link stability maintenance and public safety together. Yet the meaning is the same. Stability maintenance comes from public security or armed police. From that standpoint, I think that Faguang did not make a mistake, but it is the CCP that tries to change a concept." The article also claims that China's 'public safety' expenditure increases due to the growth in financial revenue, not due to increased social ...

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