--- Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
"Almost every day," Cui said,
> "The New York Times
> carries reports of peasants agitating against the
> Communist
> government, but if you listen to what the peasants
> are saying, they
> are telling the central government that the local
> government has
> violated their rights. So even the peasants can see
> the different
> aspects of the state, who supports them and who
> doesn't."</blockquote>
>
It's the same thing in Russia. As usual in Russian history, the central government is viewed as a check on local lawlessness and corruption, which is why e.g. most people were in favor of having local governors appointed by the Kremlin.
The Kremlin-appointed governor of Dagestan is a philosophy professor who lives in a two-room apartment!
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