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I’m far from an expert on China, but I’ve been under the impression that Deng Xiaoping was a generally positive influence from an economic perspective. I’ve ki
by cannabis_sam 6y ago
I’m far from an expert on China, but I’ve been under the impression that Deng Xiaoping was a generally positive influence from an economic perspective.
I’ve kinda understood him as the one that stepped away from the planned economy of Mao (but I’m not really knowledgeable on the subject)
What am I missing here?
- BeeBoBub 6y agobaybal doesn’t contradict you. Deng radically westernized parts of the Chinese economy, but he also enforced the one child policy. The economic effects of a small young generation supporting a large aging population is witnessed in Japan: a slow in growth if nothing else
- cannabis_sam 6y agoThanks! I wasn’t aware