> China has this huge hinterland that wasn't there in South Korea Exactly. China can't solely depend on export for its growth, like South Korea did. That will

> China has this huge hinterland that wasn't there in South Korea Exactly. China can't solely depend on export for its growth, like South Korea did. That will make its development quite a bit slower, not to mention more difficult. Parts of the country will become developed first (this has already significantly happened in Beijing and Shanghai), and then bring the rest of the country up. In the process, there will be significant economic disparities, which has the potential to rupture the social fabric.