http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/08/17/taking-a-punt-of-political-transition-in-china/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/08/17/taking-a-punt-of-political-transition-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-137 The Market, State Owned Enterprises and Chinese Reform « East Asia Forum Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:13:48 +0000 http://eastasiaforum.wordpress.com/?p=780#comment-137 [...] Let me be clear. My view is that the imperative of political reform will come sooner rather than later, and that it is indeed critical to the sustainability of Chinese economic performance in the medium term. It is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘how and when’. But that is another and much larger story and the idea that nothing changes until that story is complete is a faulty one on which to base a whole raft of important policy judgments (link). [...] [...] Let me be clear. My view is that the imperative of political reform will come sooner rather than later, and that it is indeed critical to the sustainability of Chinese economic performance in the medium term. It is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘how and when’. But that is another and much larger story and the idea that nothing changes until that story is complete is a faulty one on which to base a whole raft of important policy judgments (link). [...]

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