[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #6

Yes, as you pointed out, there is a possibility that peasants may perceive the whole industrialization as a bad idea. At least there could be sizable minority who see things that way.

Waldron is giving the second best scenario, next to Chinese leaders acting like Singapore leadership, which is the best case scenario, but has no chance of happening.

[goldstategop]

Singapore is an authoritarian Confucian state dressed up as a democracy. China's leaders would like to return to Confucian norms if they need to ditch Communism. The question is whether that will be enough to forestall demands for democracy from the masses.

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