by John Wight and Carlos Martinez share my views about China. I can't talk for its chequered past, but modern China looks promising. The Chinese are very collective and place the family as the most important institution, but unlike the West, the family extends to the whole of society. With its Buddhism, Taoism, confucianism, its society is very different from ours. China will soon surpass the West economically, says John Wight and Carlos Martinez. Its state planned socialist system with markets is a powerhouse. The West is terribly xenophobic, say John Wight and Carlos Martinez, which includes many liberals and lefties. These people have trouble believing that the Chinese might actually be quite happy with their system. When the Chinese look at the chaos in the West and its broken
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John Wight and Carlos Martinez share my views about China. I can't talk for its chequered past, but modern China looks promising. The Chinese are very collective and place the family as the most important institution, but unlike the West, the family extends to the whole of society. With its Buddhism, Taoism, confucianism, its society is very different from ours. China will soon surpass the West economically, says John Wight and Carlos Martinez. Its state planned socialist system with markets is a powerhouse.
The West is terribly xenophobic, say John Wight and Carlos Martinez, which includes many liberals and lefties. These people have trouble believing that the Chinese might actually be quite happy with their system. When the Chinese look at the chaos in the West and its broken neoliberal system, they want nothing to do with it. Chinese cities are clean, beautiful, have excellent infrastructure, and very little crime.
John Wight - The inexorable rise and rise of China with Carlos Martinez
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