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Re:China’s liberalization and structural reform drives growth by kerng on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:53PM (#20641419)
> The only question is how they managed to fall so low that they weren't a competitive superpower.

Political issues. They might be the mighty sole superpower by now. Imagine the knowledge, passion and intelligence of all the people living there, and what they could have already achieved without being suppressed or held back.

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Re:China’s liberalization and structural reform drives growth by mikeash on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:08PM (#20641502)
They were getting kicked around by other powers in the 19th century. Communism isn’t the explanation.
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Re:China’s liberalization and structural reform drives growth by kerng on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:40PM (#20641646)
Look at the last 50 years.
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Re:China’s liberalization and structural reform drives growth by mikeash on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:46PM (#20641668)
The last 50 years has been a sharp rise. The fall was long before.
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Re:China’s liberalization and structural reform drives growth by kerng on Thursday August 08, 2019 @12:07AM (#20641765)
That was only the last 20 years. Imagine what would have been possible last 50 years already.
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Re:China’s liberalization and structural reform drives growth by 0xfffff on Thursday August 08, 2019 @12:20AM (#20641822)
Yeah, last 20 years were rapid growth. Places like Pudong didn't really exist just 20 years ago... hard to believe now.
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