中国最危险的不满，来自民众还是精英？吴国光谈中共的隐秘契约｜回应李厚辰吴薇中国十大命题（七）

This is the seventh episode of the new "Revisiting the Discussion" series: Wu Guoguang responds to the "Ten Major Issues in China." In this episode, we delve into a more pointed question: Whose discontent is most dangerous? The people's, or the elite's? For the past few decades, a frequently mentioned "exchange" has existed in the Chinese model: ordinary people can improve their lives and pursue material rewards, but they shouldn't truly participate in politics. In other words, economic growth and improved living standards are exchanged for political silence. But the question is, does this exchange only occur between the Party and the people? Li Houchen argues that there is another, more hidden and complex relationship in China: a contract between the Party and the elite. Here, "elites" includes not only officials, but also entrepreneurs, technocrats, key local figures, intellectuals, professionals, and various individuals who control resources and influence the functioning of society. What exactly is their relationship with the system? Is it cooperation, exchange, being bound together, or mutual probing? As economic growth slows, anti-corruption efforts intensify, and control tightens, how long can this relationship last? In this episode, Wu Guoguang discusses legitimacy, elections, party congresses, anti-corruption efforts, and elite interests, exploring how the CCP maintains public obedience and manages its complex relationship with the elite. This episode also returns to a more practical question: as ordinary people become increasingly dissatisfied and elites feel increasingly insecure, where will the forces that could truly shake the system emerge? Seventh episode of the new "Re-discussion" series: Whose discontent is most dangerous? The people or the elites? Wu Guoguang discusses the CCP's hidden contracts. Guest: Wu Guoguang: Senior Fellow at the Stanford University Institute of International Studies, Executive Director and Senior Scholar of the Hoover Institution's "Project on Human Security and Prosperity," and also a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute. His main research areas are Chinese politics and comparative political economy. He has published ten books in English and twenty in Chinese, with articles appearing in international academic journals such as *Asian Survey*, *China Quarterly*, *Comparative Political Studies*, *The Pacific Review*, *Social Research*, and *Third World Quarterly*. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Peking University, a Master of Laws degree from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Princeton University. He has served as Secretary to the President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, commentator and chief editor of the People's Daily Commentary Department, member of the Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Political System Reform Research Group, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Ruth Fellow at the East Asian Institute of Columbia University, Wang An Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Professor in the Department of Political Science, Professor in the Department of History, and Chair Professor of Chinese Studies and Asia-Pacific Relations at the University of Victoria, Canada. Li Houchen lived in Sichuan until the age of 18, and subsequently in Beijing and Shanghai. He is currently a Chinese independent intellectual and multi-talented content creator residing in Japan. His work experience spans business consulting, the internet, and later public discourse. He is the host of the podcast "FlipRadio," the host of the YouTube channel "World Bitter Tea," one of the co-hosts of the YouTube channel "Three Water Gunners," and an OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) researcher in the field of Chinese politics and economics. Li Houchen focuses on political philosophy and intellectual history, possessing an interdisciplinary perspective. The core concerns now are China's macroeconomy and the Taiwan Strait issue. #China #World #News #Confucius #Media #PressFreedom #FourthPlenarySession #PeoplesDaily #Journalism #PressHistory #WuGuoguang #Stanford #PekingUniversity #CCP #Politics #Economy #Reform #FreedomOfSpeech #ThoughtLiberation #CulturalRevolution #GreatProletarianCulturalRevolution #June4th #TiananmenSquare #1980s #MaoZedong #ChinaTransitionAndBacksliding #DashengDialogues #International #Internet #DigitalMarketing #History #War #Russia #Humanity #Humanity #Newspaper #Magazine #Books #Countryside #Farmer #ZhaoZiyang #Official #world #spiritual #spirituality #needs #free #ccp #chinesehistory #power #trash #power #government #workers #college #universalvalues ​​#teenagers #childhood #workers #factory #life #Chinese #dad #parenting #parents #father #father #fara...