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China's government is far from perfect, but ever since Deng took over, it has been been implementing policies that resemble British Hong Kong more than they res
by adrianratnapala 10y ago
China's government is far from perfect, but ever since Deng took over, it has been been implementing policies that resemble British Hong Kong more than they resemble Maoist China -- and it's working just fine.
Life is not a zero-sum game. Rich places get rich not by stealing the cream, but rather by being less evil and stupid as other places.
- douche 10y agoMost things work better than Maoist China... Getting away from actively sabotaging your industrial and agricultural output with ideologically, rather than reality-based five year plans is a good start. Leaves a lot less dead bodies, too.
- TheOtherHobbes 10y agoSomeone should try this in the US. Of course it's called "off-shoring" not "Maoism", but the effects on US industry have been very similar.
- andrepd 10y agoAssessing the success of your policies by comparing them with Maoist China is going for a rather low bar. And is it working fine? Socially China has huge problems. I suggest you look beyond the GDP figure to assess whether a country is doing fine or not.