Corruption a sickness that is being treated

US scholars-not all, but surely a majority-tend to look at China from their own perspective: Why don't they have "one person, one vote"? Why do their citizens have no guns? Why do not the entrepreneurs unite and ask their government for more power? They do not necessarily think in a hegemonic way, but they choose to ignore the differences between China and the United States.

A recent article "The Coming Chinese Crackup" of David Shambaugh, a professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University in Washington D.C., published by the Wall Stree Journal that predicts the "collapse" of the ruling Communist Party of China, is a typical example of this myopia. According to Shambaugh, the ongoing campaign against corruption will lead to struggles among different political forces of China, thus threatening the nation's political stability. He also wrote that the call of the leadership does not appeal to ordinary people.

But Shambaugh has made a fatal error. Corruption is the cancer in China's political system that needs to be cut out. Hemis-takes temporary pain as longterm suffering. In fact, the temporary pain is for China to regain its health in the long run.