Philip P. Pan and photographer Bryan Denton are offering a
serialized book about China “The Land that Failed to Fail”, link.
The byline is "China rules." That is, "They didn't like the West's playbook. So they wrote their own."
The byline is "China rules." That is, "They didn't like the West's playbook. So they wrote their own."
It seems that statist capitalism (what Ted Koppel called “The
People’s Republic of Capitalism” ten years ago in a Nightline series) has
worked out very well.
There is a curious combination of nationalism, consumerism,
and psychological socialism – personal right-sizing and forced participation in
social capital – that seems to be working.
The idea seems very threatening.
But in a sense China expects everyone to know their place and act before
speaking.
There will be more installments, particularly about the
Internet censorship.
Wikipedia photo attribution: By Alex Needham - English wikipedia , Public Domain, reference.
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