The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, June 21, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/06/21/chinas-critical-disconnect/
Underfunded local governments frequently dilute and undercut implementation of national laws and policies in their effort to sustain growth and increase local revenues…. There is a frequent disconnect between local governments and Beijing that is aggravated by the center’s underfunding of local governments.