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> [“The Chinese state, from the days of the Qin, was an efficient, bureaucratized autocracy. Yet to this day, China has never developed the rule of law. Its emperors, and now the Chinese politburo, make the law but are not accountable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-wade/the-chinese-state-from-the-days-of-the-qin-was-an-efficient/)

[Nicholas Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-wade/)

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> [The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese state has not been obliged to compete for power with rivals such as the church, the aristocracy or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-chinese-state-is-constructed-in-an-entirely-different-way-from/)

[Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/)

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