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The CCP has long pushed the Chinese to look at the world through the lens of economic interests, and skeptical attitudes toward the Hong Kong protests show it has taken firm root. That attitude even among the elite suggests more conflict ahead between Hong Kong and the mainland.
It also casts further doubt on the possibility that as China becomes more middle class, its people will inevitably demand more individual rights, forcing the Communist Party to ease its control over society or even democratize.https://nyti.ms/2KRmJhu
An eye opening piece on where China and HK is at the moment. So in the same light does a slowing mainland Chinese economy pose a danger to that economic rationale in the longer term ?
Depends on how long we’re talking about. It’s different dynamics internal vs. external
Did you explore cost of affluence conversing with interviewees? Environment. censorship. ease of slipping into dissident territory. Camps in Xinjiang. Darkness over Tibet. Ppl in HK fear becoming XJ/Tibet. Challenging ideas of those who benefit from system might be interesting
It's that curious thinking of Chinese people: complain about blind worship of money, but also believe that everyone loves China, because they spend cash as investors and tourists.
Bread and circuses. (Western branded of course.)
It is impossible to have only one of political, social, or economic rights. Any controls in one area must extend into the other two.
What's wrong that middle class's top concerns are pension, healthcare and education? China is still the ONLY country the income of middle class grew in the last 2 decades. So they should just give up that?
20 year ago, Malaysia was an upper-middle class nation, China wasn't.China & Malaysia now both are around US$10k per capita GDP.
They becomes middle-class by swear allegiance to CCP's agenda.lets just take that 90million party members, what their social statues would possibly be like? Conscience of Chinese people are long lost, that conflict with survival in the socialist country.
Actually HK is the change for the Chinese government to show the world her enlightenment. Organising a referendum about the independent status and further democratic reforms would be a start!
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