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It looks like many facets of Mao era will come back to China
1. One man rule...with personality cult and Xi JP thought enshired in constitution yo be dominant.
2. Surveillance and propaganda state where strong central control over people.
3. Anti West stance.
4. Self reliance and substitution economy. It will put alot of allocation towards being independent of other countries. This is economically not a good ideas as you don't play on your comparative advantage but is politically appealing.
5. The authoritarian collective...Putin Xi Kim, Iran, Venezuela. To stop tide of democracy.
6. Curbing private enterprise. Recent yrs It is more like demonising private enterprise be it Alibaba, Meituan or property developers.
7. Constant glorification. Thiis take some explanation. The thinking is same as in Soviet era where they have to constantly prove they are better. This means they go for broke to host Olympics to keep showcasing and horrifying their system at all levels. Yes all countries loves some glory but it is the degree and amount allocated for these.
8. Dial back on liberties. This one no need to explain too much just look at what happened to HK.
Xi has consolidated power and cannot be challenged on the direction he takes the country so it will go along this path for long time.
I did not say any of the above is good or bad just that they are taking this these directions....
Feel free to criticise if I got anything wrong.
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