On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Lars Poulsen wrote:
On 2024-12-28, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
It helps if you don't have anything anybody wants and they can't find you
on a map. Being a tax haven that attracts corporate headquarters isn't
something you can conquer.
In fact, the conquest is likely to kill the goos that lays the golden
eggs. China is busy turning the prosperous Hong Kong into another
Shanghai instead of the other Singapore.
This is the truth! But I think it is, in chinas case, about the mindset of
the authoritarian. They couldn't care less about golden eggs as long as
they get to keep the power.
Chinas relatively free market was a forced response, since the party
realized they would have a small revolution on their hands, if they banned
free markets. In that way, chinas authoritarians are smart. They look at
what works and what doesn't and adapt to keep their power.
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