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I'm writing this post not to defend anything China is doing and I am also not advocating for any particular system, the reason for this post is to pose a question, for all the articles and critics of China that advocates this reform and that reform, while at the same time, writing the difficulties Xi and china will face in the years ahead.
Do they really know how difficult it will be for the future? And if they do, how could they possibly think China can implement so many reforms so quickly.
In the end, what would you choose?
First, let's talk everyone's favorite subject, economy. There's many reforms coming in this sector, but we must look at it from both sides and not expect too much too fast. As they say, too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
There's reports of low income families that exist in China because they lost their jobs in the state owned sector, they have skills, but due to the competitiveness of China and the world really, their age, and physical condition eliminates them from a job.
Is Xi suppose to ignore such people? Now he has jobs like street cleaners and more to help give them a way of living however bad it may be, but he cannot create that many jobs if too much of the state sector is forced to close.
Slow changes to competitiveness and open market is needed. While I understand the rationale for open market, we must also consider the downside to closing it down.
So what would you do in his shoes?
Hukou system, what is China suppose to do? Eliminate barriers entirely? That would seem fair, but we must know the living standards of Shanghai and Beijing is very different than a place in the interior, if we allow it there's no way we can afford it.
How many schools do we need? Hospital lines and resources as a whole, public transportation, housing prices, water, electricity, and much much more need to be taken into account.
I'm not saying some Chinese should live like second class citizens based on their birth place, but China is in REAL TERMS, still a developing country, we just don't have the money for all that.
Some say, stop doing this and stop doing that, but America is still trying to drag us into Iraq, and the Philippines typhoon, we had it too, remember? But obviously, cause our gross GDP is high people think we got cash laying around. Chinese government need to look to the Chinese people first.
If it were up to you what would you do? Realistically? Say you can't do magic and create money or things out of thin air? Would you allow unprecedented migrants to a few cities so that nobody has a good living or limit them.
Lastly, we look into media, media freedom is one of those things I support and many people can get behind. But we must look at it objectively, Like I said in the beginning I'm not saying go for it or not, just stating my opinion on things.
Xi is looking at unprecedented reforms, whether he likes it or not, people's lives are going to be turned upside down. The people of yesteryear that are suppose to be entering into their prime or retirement are now. The status Quo powers of China will be shifted, the real estate developers will give way to innovation based companies, old monopolies now will have competition from domestic and abroad. That's just a small scale of things to come.
If he allows absolute freedom, it could bring out corruption, and solve a lot of problems, but like the other two I listed, it could also backfire, people can use these things for their own personal gains, it could stop the reforms already happening.
If a news story broke, Chinese men kills family because of losing job and isn't able to feed his family and his wife leaves him, could the reforms continue? What if it was 10 stories?
If news broke man can't get daughter into school because he isn't from Shanghai, broke his own leg to beg for a living? Can reforms go on?
What if news broke, Shanghai free trade zone, corruption uncovered, would Xi be able to push market liberalization?
Like I said, I am not advocating one way or the other, I'm calling for patience, things take time. Change takes time, fast change is Lipo, and that has consequences. Look at Tara Reid.
I am also not saying don't write things like that in the media in the West, it keeps us honest, but the fact of the matter is, it's not as simple as we are evil and we will keep you down, peasant. It's genuine problems that we face, and it's not a less of two evils, cause the lesser of that is still evil.
The thing we must do is to tone the damage down to the bare minimum, and only then make the move.
We must also consider these things are only a few things that comes to mind, in actuality, reality is a bitch.
Do they really know how difficult it will be for the future? And if they do, how could they possibly think China can implement so many reforms so quickly.
In the end, what would you choose?
First, let's talk everyone's favorite subject, economy. There's many reforms coming in this sector, but we must look at it from both sides and not expect too much too fast. As they say, too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
There's reports of low income families that exist in China because they lost their jobs in the state owned sector, they have skills, but due to the competitiveness of China and the world really, their age, and physical condition eliminates them from a job.
Is Xi suppose to ignore such people? Now he has jobs like street cleaners and more to help give them a way of living however bad it may be, but he cannot create that many jobs if too much of the state sector is forced to close.
Slow changes to competitiveness and open market is needed. While I understand the rationale for open market, we must also consider the downside to closing it down.
So what would you do in his shoes?
Hukou system, what is China suppose to do? Eliminate barriers entirely? That would seem fair, but we must know the living standards of Shanghai and Beijing is very different than a place in the interior, if we allow it there's no way we can afford it.
How many schools do we need? Hospital lines and resources as a whole, public transportation, housing prices, water, electricity, and much much more need to be taken into account.
I'm not saying some Chinese should live like second class citizens based on their birth place, but China is in REAL TERMS, still a developing country, we just don't have the money for all that.
Some say, stop doing this and stop doing that, but America is still trying to drag us into Iraq, and the Philippines typhoon, we had it too, remember? But obviously, cause our gross GDP is high people think we got cash laying around. Chinese government need to look to the Chinese people first.
If it were up to you what would you do? Realistically? Say you can't do magic and create money or things out of thin air? Would you allow unprecedented migrants to a few cities so that nobody has a good living or limit them.
Lastly, we look into media, media freedom is one of those things I support and many people can get behind. But we must look at it objectively, Like I said in the beginning I'm not saying go for it or not, just stating my opinion on things.
Xi is looking at unprecedented reforms, whether he likes it or not, people's lives are going to be turned upside down. The people of yesteryear that are suppose to be entering into their prime or retirement are now. The status Quo powers of China will be shifted, the real estate developers will give way to innovation based companies, old monopolies now will have competition from domestic and abroad. That's just a small scale of things to come.
If he allows absolute freedom, it could bring out corruption, and solve a lot of problems, but like the other two I listed, it could also backfire, people can use these things for their own personal gains, it could stop the reforms already happening.
If a news story broke, Chinese men kills family because of losing job and isn't able to feed his family and his wife leaves him, could the reforms continue? What if it was 10 stories?
If news broke man can't get daughter into school because he isn't from Shanghai, broke his own leg to beg for a living? Can reforms go on?
What if news broke, Shanghai free trade zone, corruption uncovered, would Xi be able to push market liberalization?
Like I said, I am not advocating one way or the other, I'm calling for patience, things take time. Change takes time, fast change is Lipo, and that has consequences. Look at Tara Reid.
I am also not saying don't write things like that in the media in the West, it keeps us honest, but the fact of the matter is, it's not as simple as we are evil and we will keep you down, peasant. It's genuine problems that we face, and it's not a less of two evils, cause the lesser of that is still evil.
The thing we must do is to tone the damage down to the bare minimum, and only then make the move.
We must also consider these things are only a few things that comes to mind, in actuality, reality is a bitch.
