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What you describe and what shocked you is daily reality in most developing countries--poverty is ugly. During the next 2 years will be the handover of gov't to
by yaix 15y ago
What you describe and what shocked you is daily reality in most developing countries--poverty is ugly.
During the next 2 years will be the handover of gov't to the next president and it will be up to him where China goes: the way of Brazil and many African countries with a Gini-Index of 70 and above, or a society with more social equality like the US or even Europe.
However, I have become rather pessimistic in the past two years if there is even a chance for the next president to push China towards more equality. Because that would mean paying taxes and rule of law for the rich. And the rich will not like that.
- erikb 15y agoI agree that the next government very likely can't change the inherent problems of the Chinese society. But I think the Chinese youth can. If you look at the Chinese news you see young people rebelling against the system every day and they become more. Also the government is not as strict and well organised as it was many years ago, when their tanks where fighting the student protesters. The Chinese government itself is fat, lazy and far away from the real life situation of most Chinese citizen. I think the chances are not too low that there will be revolution kind of change. Maybe cultural, maybe not with weapons and that stuff. But the Chinese people know too much about the wealth of their rich comrades, of their big cities and of the western countries.