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Type: Transcript / interview segment
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This document appears to be page 28 of a transcript from a House Oversight collection. It features a dialogue between Fukuyama and Shaffer discussing political science, specifically the history of the Chinese state, its authoritarian nature, and the economic anomaly of China's growth despite a lack of Western-style rule of law.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Fukuyama Speaker
Likely Francis Fukuyama (political scientist); discussing Chinese state history, bureaucracy, and economic theory reg...
Shaffer Interviewer/Speaker
Asking questions regarding Western ascendance and the rule of law.

Organizations (1)

Name Type Context
House Oversight Committee
Indicated by the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT', suggesting this document is part of a congressional record or investigation.

Timeline (1 events)

Intellectual discussion/interview regarding political history and economics.
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Locations (1)

Location Context
Subject of historical and economic analysis regarding state formation and rule of law.

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Fukuyama Interviewer/Interviewee Shaffer
Transcript dialogue structure.

Key Quotes (4)

"China didn’t create the first state, it created the first modern state, meaning a state which recruited people into a centralized bureaucracy based on talent and merit"
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"Up to the modern day, the concept of a sovereign being limited by the rule of law never existed."
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"The problem with that theory is that it doesn’t really square with the facts in contemporary China."
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"China has been growing at double-digit rates and they don’t have Western rule of law."
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