https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Wukan-a-symbol-of-popular-resistance https://internationalviewpoint.org/Wukan-a-symbol-of-popular-resistance 2012-03-24T17:58:26Z text/html en Isabelle Zhang China <p>The terms of the debate on the future of the Chinese political system are often defined starting from three different perspectives: some believe in a democratic transition impelled by movements of citizens and intellectuals<span class="spip_note_ref"> [<a href="#nb1" class="spip_note" rel="appendix" title="This is for example the constant demand of the overseas movement for (…)" id="nh1">1</a>]</span>, others believe in a popular uprising legitimated by social inequalities and corruption<span class="spip_note_ref"> [<a href="#nb2" class="spip_note" rel="appendix" title="This is for example the viewpoint of the novelist Yu Hua expressed in the (…)" id="nh2">2</a>]</span>, finally some believe in a reform guided slowly by the élites of the Communist Party<span class="spip_note_ref"> [<a href="#nb3" class="spip_note" rel="appendix" title="This is perhaps the most widespread view and has led to much research on the (…)" id="nh3">3</a>]</span>. These three perspectives embody different visions of the roots of the current tensions and relationship of forces in contemporary China.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV446-March-2012-" rel="directory">IV446 - March 2012</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-China-+" rel="tag">China</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Presidential-elections-in-the-shadow-of-the-Empire https://internationalviewpoint.org/Presidential-elections-in-the-shadow-of-the-Empire 2012-03-18T18:07:21Z text/html en Isabelle Zhang China Taiwan <p>On January 14, 2012, the Taiwanese people voted for a new national assembly and president. Ma Ying-jeou, the outgoing president and chair of the Kuomintang (KMT) party, was re-elected with 51.60% of the votes, against 45.63% for the candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The KMT also gained an absolute majority in the National Assembly (60 seats out of 113). This was the fifth direct election since the democratic transition in 1994. The rate of participation in the election was the lowest since 1994, at around 75%. If the result held few surprises, the course of the electoral campaign showed to what point the political development of the country is under the influence of the economic interests of foreign powers, notably China and the United States.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV446-March-2012-" rel="directory">IV446 - March 2012</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-China-+" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Taiwan-+" rel="tag">Taiwan</a>