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That happened under an purposeful period of liberalization. Xi Jinping has been pretty clearly walking that back. Moving towards a more authoritarian direction
by onepointsixC 6y ago
That happened under an purposeful period of liberalization. Xi Jinping has been pretty clearly walking that back. Moving towards a more authoritarian direction isn't going to cause the Chinese market to fail overnight, but here we have a pretty clear example of how it is impeding growth.
- lefrenchy 6y agoOr he’s trying to avoid the pitfalls of western liberal democracies. You may not agree with the means, but saying that the Chinese market is slowly failing is a pretty grand claim to provide no evidence for.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoDidn't he basically make himself dictator for life last year by removing any term limits for him "as long as the party voted him in". If you oppose him now there's a good chance you're kicked out of the party, and that's the least of the punishments.