
Originally Posted by
Deimos
no, they give some benefits to the poor and then start a massive PR campaign about how the glorious state has helped its beloved workers.
The reality in China is that modernisation and industrialisation come before welfare and rights. That means tons of farmers and peasants get their land bulldozed so the state can build hueg factories that will manufacture and ship goods to america. Large swathes of the chinese population cant even afford the stuff that chinese industry churns out in the millions on a daily basis.
The rich areas like the business districts and such mostly look like western cities, really affluent and pleasant. The rest though is an amalgamation of really ancient buildings, hastily constructed worker housing and slums.
China now is going through a similar phase as britain experienced around about 1870-1910 when industrialisation really started to pick up.