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https://scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1094676/civil-society-can-help-china-moderniseOpinion
Civil society can help China modernise
Karla Simon and David Yang say the government should allow NGOs to play a bigger role
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While people tend to roll their eyes when they hear a new catchphrase being unveiled by the upper echelons of the Communist Party, it is worth thinking about what the "new modernisations" might mean for the growing role of civil society in China.
The slogan refers to economic reforms - the new push for industrialisation, information technology, urbanisation and agricultural modernisation - that the new leadership has indicated it will emphasise in the next 10 years. These reforms will also have far-reaching social consequences.