In November 2024, Xiaojie Qin, psychotherapist and director of CandleX, was interviewed by two mainstream media outlets, Reuters and The Guardian, regarding the recent incidents of "anti-society attacks," with particular focus on the high-profile event in Zhuhai that resulted in dozens of casualties. These incidents have garnered considerable interest from Western media, who seem particularly intrigued by the underlying causes.
To read more about this, please visit Reuters and The Guardian’s article.
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In her opinion, Xiaojie stated, "I am not a sociologist but a psychotherapist working at the grassroots level. Therefore, my insights may not have the same validity as those who can monitor and observe such phenomena on a national scale."
She further elaborated that societal stability is intricately linked to income disparity and social security infrastructure. "If you examine the Gini Coefficient Index, it has been hovering above 0.4, the warning threshold, for decades. Over the past ten years, we have observed a slight decline... The national social security infrastructure, including health, pension, and education, has consistently been a focus of attention for the government. Balancing the pursuit of excellence while maintaining the foundational blocks of economic, societal, and political stability is indeed a challenging endeavor. We cannot conclude that these incidents reflect a decline in China's societal stability, just as we cannot say that a person with the flu is unhealthy overall."
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