Dialogue on East–West Views of “Conflicts”
摘要
Conflict theory views society as a competition for limited resources. Social institutions reflect and help protect the inherent inequality of this competition. Some individuals and organizations can obtain and retain more resources than others, and these “winners” use their power and influence to maintain social systems. Chinese society is undergoing significant changes and is likely to trigger even greater changes in the near future. The future of Chinese society is full of obstacles, barriers, thorns, traps, and minefields. People who are slightly sober and rational will be aware of the multiple hidden dangers in front of them: population problems, environmental problems, resource problems, arable land problems, food problems, energy problems, unemployment problems, corruption problems, system problems, rural problems, gangster problems, health problems, natural disasters, domestic outflow problems, localism problems, separatism problems, terrorism problems, and even war problems, in addition to countless other related problems. Some hidden dangers are due to natural causes, some to artificial causes, and some to a combination of both. All these problems, to some extent, sooner or later affect and even restrict the healthy development of Chinese society.