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I thought this was awesome:
http://chovanec.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/europe-squabbles-china-frets/
| Quote : | | "But there’s also a profound nervousness and uncertainty brewing among China’s ruling elite, as this excellent article in the Financial Times points out. The headline sounds rather innocuous, but the conclusions — I particularly call your attention to the article’s last three paragraphs — are too explosive for me to reprint in a blog authored in China. You’ll know what I’m talking about when you read it." |
The FT article is blocked from a direct link (below) but you can Google search the title and get it.
China’s elite have new international outlook
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7fcc4bfc-06d2-11e1-b9cc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1d7XR04Ka
| Quote : | "In private conversations, many of the people who supposedly make up the ruling elite of China express serious misgivings about the direction and future stability of the country, while admitting that they feel largely powerless to affect meaningful change.
“There is a sense that we are approaching an inevitable breaking point, when the pressures in society will boil over and consume the rulers,” says one Chinese banker with close ties to a number of powerful political families.
“Almost all of the elements are in place for an uprising like we saw in 1989 – corruption is worse today than it was then, people feel they can’t get ahead without political connections, the wealth gap is much bigger and growing and there has been virtually no political reform at all. The only missing ingredient now is a domestic economic crisis.”" |
Maybe this isn't quite [new], but it's talk that still has major implications. With any luck, we'll get TWW automatically blocked in China!
[Edited on November 9, 2011 at 11:40 AM. Reason : ] 11/9/2011 11:38:10 AM
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