, Doug Henwood wrote:
> MattYg: "I keep coming across odd columns urging us to try to emulate the alleged successes of Chinese central planning."
Sure, why not?
>
> "Alleged"?
This seems to be an undercurrent of lots of Western, especially leftish, lit on China: that the Chinese guv is cooking the books. Possibly, but not by a lot. And even if it were a lot, "alleged" is embarrassing.
^^^^ CB: What's going on ? Some kind of capitalism with socialist characteristics ?
All hail Deng Xiaoping !