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The Communist Party in China has led an economic boom over the last 40 years absolutely unprecedented in human history. That earned them a ton of credibility wi
by ProjectArcturis 6y ago
The Communist Party in China has led an economic boom over the last 40 years absolutely unprecedented in human history. That earned them a ton of credibility with their citizens. You can commit atrocities and few people will care if you also lift 500M people out of crushing poverty. At the same time, Chinese soft cultural offerings like movies and music have gotten decent if not good. Why would they look up to America at this point?
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- nuller 6y agoWest Taiwan succeeded despite of the CCP. Besides go travel outside Shenzhen, Shanghai or Beijing. Its an absolute shit hole.
- throwaway0x1 6y ago>The Communist Party in China has led an economic boom over the last 40 years absolutely unprecedented in human history. Thanks to capitalism and Western democracies. Taiwan and HK accelerated at a speed exceeding the CCP, by decades.
- akban 6y ago>Taiwan and HK accelerated at a speed exceeding the CCP, by decades. No they most certainly didn't. 'Communist' China has the fastest, consistent year-on-year economic growth rate of any nation in history. And even the current slowdown in growth (from 10%+ in the 90s & 2000s to the current 5% to 6%) is more a consequence of its $14 trillion+ size. A nation with barely any consumers as at 30 years ago, is now the biggest market for practically everything, from cars, to smartphones, to PCs, to fashion. Hate the country however you want, but the facts are clear: China is finally awakening from it's multi-century slumber.