In 1995, the late economist Gustav Ranis wrote that, “If there is one key to developmental success, it is avoiding the encrustation of ideas,” which is achieved through policymakers' “ever-increasing reliance on the responsiveness of large numbers of dispersed decision-makers.” That description suits China perfectly. Agility. Project SyndicateChina Deserves its Economic Success Zhang Jun | Dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University and Director of the China Center for Economic...
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Don't believe what you read in Western media. Polin explains how China's neo-Mandarin political system actually works. The problem with Western analysis of non-Western peoples is two-fold. First, the West assumes its exceptionalism and attempts to impose in on the world in order to fulfill "the white-man's burden" as a rationale, but the real agenda is permanent Western world dominance. The end justifies the means, even it involves destroying countries to "save" them. Secondly and...
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