translation.en: Because, by Western definitions, a so-called civil society has to be separate or even in opposition to the political system, but that concept is alien for Chinese culture.
translation.zh: 在西方政治学定义里, 公民社会 必须存在与政治体制之外 甚至对立于政治体制, 但这个思路与中国文化格格不入.