Credit: Asia Time
By Francesco Sisci
BEIJING – A young, thin handler in a black suit practically hanging over his tiny frame ushered me in. It was a very exclusive and secretive Beijing compound, an ancient Chinese symbol of true power. He sat me in a large, bright room while a classical teacup was being filled with hot water poured on dried tealeaves.
A middle-aged man stepped in after a few seconds and started chit-chatting about international affairs. He took a lot of papers out of his bag, threw them on the tea table, and went fumbling through them as he was talking. Then there was a sudden call and he excused himself. The minder came back in, rushed to collect the papers, and gently tried to lead me out. Just a leaf was missing, and I could not resist my journalistic instincts – I snatched it.
Progress of China more or less appears to suprficial as it is based on copying others. Might be in a decade or so whole might of China sink down.
Japan used to copy others in the beginning of their industrialization. It is just a question of time.
I predict that in the future some countries will start to restrict ‘free trade’ again in order to protect ‘jobs at home’.
What is the use to import cheaper (Chinese) goods when you have no job and cannot even afford the cheaper goods?