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> A lot of people forget that the basis of the European Economic Area and European Union was to promote free trade with the sole intent purpose of making future
by throw0101d 1y ago
> A lot of people forget that the basis of the European Economic Area and European Union was to promote free trade with the sole intent purpose of making future wars unthinkable.
And that was one of the reason for letting China into the WTO: the thinking is they'd prosper and the citizens would see the advantages of capitalism and economic liberalization would lead to political liberalization.
How's Chinese political liberalization coming along?
(Remember that Europeans generally had political liberalization before WW2.)
- dijit 1y ago> How's Chinese political liberalization coming along? Same as it was in Ukraine, a slow groundswell and then an all at once revolution due to the "powers that be" not listening. https://www.economist.com/china/2024/09/05/liberalism-is-far-from-dead-in-china https://www.economist.com/china/2024/09/05/liberalism-is-far... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism_in_China