User:DyzySyzygy/Preparatory

Consultative Rule of Law, as proposed by Pan Wei
The page "Chinese law" has a section for rule of law, giving a rough outline of the style of government. It lists the relationship of the contemporary government of the People's Republic of China and a version of rule of law. It describes the varying styles several scholars have proposed as their version of Rule of Law, differentiates between "thick" and "thin" varieties of the theory. The article also lists the barriers between the current state of China and the almost idyllic implementation of Rule of Law. I would like to add the following sentence to the page, "Contemporary scholar Pan Wei formally proposed his model of Consultative Rule of Law." Here I would link it to my page, "Consultative Rule of Law." My contribution would expand on the first article, providing background regarding the cultural compatibility of Consultative Rule of Law. I would also describe Pan's belief that this system would address the first page's bulleted list of problems scholars have pointed to regarding China's progression toward a Rule of Law regime.

Legal rights
On the same page, Chinese Law, I would like to more fully address the section "Legal Rights." The information is quite sparse in this section, providing nothing more than rudimentary details like the importation of the concept of rights from the West. Within the two sentences this section offers, the person who coined the term quanli is mentioned, along with the text that phrase was originally found in. The section emphasizes that the concept of legal rights is not one that can be found in Chinese tradition. I would like to include a history of the integration of western ideas through Chinese, Japanese and Buddhist vocabularies as well as how these words' original meanings can be used to unpack the Chinese conception of Western ideals such as "philosophy." Aside from entymology, I would like to describe the cultural disposition toward collectivism, at times interacting discordantly with Western ideas of individual rights.

Internet Censorship
I would like to come speak to you about this. This is a topic we touched on in class, and it intrigues me. Existing articles on internet censorship frequently relate to the philosophies of more contemporary Communist officials. They also talk about various humanitarians and activists who have been detained, the technological methods by which this censorship operates, and other non-philosophical details. While the accuracy of these statements is unavoidable, this adds a layer of difficulty when trying to link this topic to our class readings. Connecting the modern age of internet chat rooms, tweets and blogs to traditional Chinese values may be a worthy project. I believe it would be valuable for the Wikipedia reader to get a grasp of this connection between modernity and the past. Though I am still trying to find a key spot to hyperlink to my article, here are some potential jumping off points for a link:
 * Discussion Forums
 * Social Media

Potential Obstacles to a successful Wikipedia Contribution Assignment
There are a number of issues that make me hesitate when I think about this project. The first is seeking to find a balance between incorporating our readings into this article. They are largely primary source material or otherwise indirectly linked to the topic at hand. My first "path" is to do a combination of Legal Rights and Consultative Rule of Law. Not only are these topics intricately dependent on each other, I have found a page that lists them one after another; it is an ideal spot to bolster with the information I have come across this semester. The one precaution I have is that I hope it is acceptable to do this. This info is related to my second paper. On one hand I feel like I already have a grasp on the material, which feels unethical already have a background of knowledge on this topic. However, I also feel that I could make an insightful and worthy contribution to Wikipedia on this topic. I also feel that it will be a personal challenge to incorporate that knowledge into an encyclopedia format; I will use articles like this one to correctly format my work. My second "path" is the internet censorship essay. My hesitations for this are more geared toward not having the relevant resources to write this. While we discussed this topic in class, I would have to rely entirely on texts outside our class reading list. I do not take issue with this fact, I just hope I can write an article that is connected enough to our class discussion. I also do not know if I have the resources to adequately sum up the historical connection between "Modern Chinese Philosophy" and the China's Twittersphere. It seems that the background for these policies are more directly linked to more modern political philosophy of Deng Xioping.