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I have a feeling people are being a bit short-termist here. We can judge whether all roads lead to democracy/liberalism in 30-50 years but not yet. In the mean
by room271 9y ago
I have a feeling people are being a bit short-termist here. We can judge whether all roads lead to democracy/liberalism in 30-50 years but not yet.
In the meantime, my personal opinion is that China is heading for disaster somewhere along the road if they don't liberalise increasingly over time.
- SZJX 9y agoXi is actively giving more power to the market. In fact he's been compared to Ronald Reagan. It's just that he indeed implements quite a lot of surveillance measures as well. China is becoming like the US in a lot of aspects. Is the US society a shambles? Of course. But even with the rise of Trump people can hardly see a "disaster" or a major upheaval coming. The established interest is just way too strong. The Chinese leadership is much smarter and pragmatic than many western media and elites would imagine them to be. Doom-sayers have been there for a few decades, but China is still booming.