And the second reason is because, whereas in Europe and North America, the state's power is continuously challenged — I mean in the European tradition, historically against the church, against other sectors of the aristocracy, against merchants and so on — for 1,000 years, the power of the Chinese state has not been challenged.
Y la segunda razón es que, mientras en Europa y América del Norte se desafía continuamente al poder del Estado -quiero decir, en la tradición europea, históricamente contra la Iglesia, contra otros sectores de la aristocracia, contra los comerciantes, etc- durante 1.000 años el poder del Estado chino no ha sido desafiado.