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Originally Posted by mikado
Interesting article. The "Beijing concensus" sounds not so different from Lee's own policies. Perhaps that's why he's so positive about it?
I think that in a perfect world a centrally-planned (guided), stable economy would be the best of all worlds. The danger of course it that it relies on the excellence of the leadership. With a less-than-excellent leadership the economy struggles and the people have no way to turn to something better.
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You're absolutely right about that. It is not perfect, but at least going in the right direction.
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This is all good stuff. It's just a bit odd hearing from a guy who used the libel laws so enthusiastically to quell all criticism.
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The problem with the western Media was that they cared more about Tibetan Monks and their 'human rights' issues rather than the death and destruction that the Tibetan monks caused in Lhasa.