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New development of consumerism in Chinese society in the late 1990s
The economic crisis about 2000 has not left China intact – its exports decreased relevantly both in volume and value. Chinese authorities opted for stimulating domestic demand to counterweight the unfavourable developments, which required establishing consumer mentality for Chinese people. "It became the first time in the history of China that the idea of consumption received full moral support. Consumer behaviour developed into national ideology." On the other hand, Chinese are increasingly realising that the gap between the poor fighting for daily survival and the rich consuming luxury goods is getting wider in their society still called ‘socialism'.
Supranational movements and the question of democracy
The practice of recently proliferating civil society organisations raises several questions, including the ‘democracy paradox', that is the substantial contradiction between the final aim of these organisations at developing democratic structures of the country in which they operate and the internal structure of these organisations, which are in practice non-transparent and can hardly be called democratic. A further problem is harmonising the operation of civil organisations and democratically elected bodies. The study attempts to find a solution for this legitimacy crisis.
Made in China? The Crisis of US Imperialism
US elites more and more regard the quickly developing China as an economic and political rival. That is why the US makes increasing attempts to curb Chinese exports by administrative measures, and isolate China in international relations. It seems both attempts will fail. The offensive of Chinese diplomacy hinders the hegemony of US imperialism in an increasing number of regions in the world.