Ren Zhiqiang, a retired real-estate tycoon with close ties to senior Chinese officials, disappeared in March after he allegedly penned a scathing essay criticizing President Xi Jinping's response to the coronavirus epidemic.
Participation in global markets to avoid the devastating effects of sanctions is a bad thing now? After the collapse of the USSR, China didn't really have a choice but to open up the markets to avoid total collapse. The fact that they are still pursuing self sufficiency from those markets they were forced to enter should be a good sign that they don't plan on staying in them forever.
Yeah, the cons are capitalism gets a chance to claw its way back to power. As evidenced by this very article. An article that also shows the CPC is still capable of exerting power over the capitalist class.
By arresting a single capitalist? Was the US reigning in its capitalist class when it arrested Bernie Madoff?
How about by having a state monopoly on foreign trade? Or having shop-floor workers and their representatives constitute a majority of boards of directors?
Participation in global markets to avoid the devastating effects of sanctions is a bad thing now? After the collapse of the USSR, China didn't really have a choice but to open up the markets to avoid total collapse. The fact that they are still pursuing self sufficiency from those markets they were forced to enter should be a good sign that they don't plan on staying in them forever.
Can you not see how what you just wrote is not responsive to what I’m saying?
You’re drawing a balance sheet of pros and cons of reintegrating into global capitalism, and pretending like there are no cons.
Yeah, the cons are capitalism gets a chance to claw its way back to power. As evidenced by this very article. An article that also shows the CPC is still capable of exerting power over the capitalist class.
By arresting a single capitalist? Was the US reigning in its capitalist class when it arrested Bernie Madoff?
How about by having a state monopoly on foreign trade? Or having shop-floor workers and their representatives constitute a majority of boards of directors?