Market-oriented reform, by leveling the competitive playing field, would hurt their interests and reduce their privileges, making fierce opposition likely. Only by mobilizing pressure outside the party-state can these insiders be forced to accept some of the decentralizing and liberalizing reforms that China’s economy needs.
相反，如今执政精英从国家主导型经济中获得了直接且巨大的好处。市场导向改革要创造公平的竞争平台，就会伤害他们的利益，削减他们的特权，可能引起激烈的反对。只有动员党国之外的压力才能迫使这些内部人士接受中国经济所需要的一些分散化和自由化改革。