[tway223]

China’s success is not because of the policies but rather despite of them. Though not sure how sustainable these successes would be.

[tehjoker]

How on earth can you possibly claim that when China was a peasant society that was dicked over for a hundred years by western powers addicting them to opium? Obviously their careful planning and industrialization strategy is working.

[tway223]

There is no careful planning. Just take a look at the waste, the debts and the rapid policy changes. It is more like industrial Darwinism at scale. The main fuel was mainly WTO , export and slavery labor. The industrialization in my opinion is a by product of that process.

[corimaith]

>China was a peasant society that was dicked over for a hundred years by western powers addicting them to opium?

I think one should really try to study the actual dynamics of the Qing Dynasty instead of relying on frankly infantilizing stereotypes.