Many observers who have not had direct personal experience of the Chinese people imagine them to be like a colony of ants, where regimented conformity produces a perfectly functioning society.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The Chinese are natural anarchists, who want nothing more than to be left alone to manage their own affairs. Conformity is an aim that is seldom achieved, however much the dynasty in power may desire it.
Zhou Yongkang
The traditional…