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Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by mantas on Saturday April 11, 2020 @01:18PM (#22842781)
That's their selling point for country managers and boy do they deliver. But it's not that interesting for the general population. Very few people want rapid growth and "social harmony" by themselves.
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Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by int_19h on Monday April 13, 2020 @12:29AM (#22853182)
You'd be surprised, actually. This is more true in third world countries, and other areas that have experienced instability relatively recently (e.g. ex-USSR countries, including Russia) - at some point people start demanding a "strong hand" and whatnot.
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Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by mantas on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:27PM (#22869607)
Fun thing is, I am from ex-USSR country.

People still remember Soviet-style "social harmony" and there's a big allergy for that path.

Rapid growth is not exactly popular too for multiple reasons.

Growth-over-ecology brings bad memories from soviet era

Growth-over-labour-rights brings bad memories from 90s and somewhat soviet era

Rapid change itself brings bad memories from 90s and 00s too

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