the problem is the implementation of progressive law is not because the government doesn't want to, it's more the social conservatism of the population. When more that half of chinese population was hooked on opium leading to a social collapse, you tend to ''learn the lessons''
but harsh punishment due to drug posession leads to grave consequences. Yunnan province is the biggest drug trading hub and it's also a province with an AIDS epidemy
if not applying death penalties to drug dealers would lead to a public lynching i suppose i'd get it, but is there evidence that thats where the policy originates? that public outrage at druggists is that high?
''if not applying death penalties to drug dealers would lead to a public lynching i suppose i’d get it''
Twofold with the ideas that i find interesting with this comment. Drug dealing is indeed a crime in China where the government try to control drug trafficking with laws and punishment because the population's general opinion on drug is not good.
What is interesting in the case of Drug users in china is that the population don't regard them well neither. This is a vestige of the Chinese socialist society of the 50s-90s
i would say there is no real policy, it's more an retrospection on the 2 opium wars and the outcome, a lot of Chinese values are shaped by historical events (aka how the collapse of traditional value during cultural revolution came back in forces after the market liberalization in the 90s)
the real policy is harsh laws against use and import of drugs.
if this originates in a popular belief and violence within the people its an uncontrovertible policy the CPC has an obligation to promulgate---but i can find no way to confirm this beyond believing every policy in the PRC is dictated by popular will, which is obviously not true.
the problem is the implementation of progressive law is not because the government doesn't want to, it's more the social conservatism of the population. When more that half of chinese population was hooked on opium leading to a social collapse, you tend to ''learn the lessons''
but harsh punishment due to drug posession leads to grave consequences. Yunnan province is the biggest drug trading hub and it's also a province with an AIDS epidemy
if not applying death penalties to drug dealers would lead to a public lynching i suppose i'd get it, but is there evidence that thats where the policy originates? that public outrage at druggists is that high?
''if not applying death penalties to drug dealers would lead to a public lynching i suppose i’d get it''
Twofold with the ideas that i find interesting with this comment. Drug dealing is indeed a crime in China where the government try to control drug trafficking with laws and punishment because the population's general opinion on drug is not good.
What is interesting in the case of Drug users in china is that the population don't regard them well neither. This is a vestige of the Chinese socialist society of the 50s-90s
i would say there is no real policy, it's more an retrospection on the 2 opium wars and the outcome, a lot of Chinese values are shaped by historical events (aka how the collapse of traditional value during cultural revolution came back in forces after the market liberalization in the 90s)
the real policy is harsh laws against use and import of drugs.
if this originates in a popular belief and violence within the people its an uncontrovertible policy the CPC has an obligation to promulgate---but i can find no way to confirm this beyond believing every policy in the PRC is dictated by popular will, which is obviously not true.
It does seem odd that drugs have such a stronger reaction while 10s of millions died in the Taiping Rebellion around the same time.
''you are allowed to beat your brother but you don't let some filthy randos do the same'' -my father