Regarding car ownership, it’s rising dramatically even in the last year. At one point it was far more limited, but the DPRK’s economy is booming and trade with China is rising.
It’s about time…
As for China’s rural conditions, I’m well aware of the urban/rural gap
As we recently discovered, this is a side effect of the NEP. It has spawned a class of wealthy individuals who will be incredibly difficult to combat later on. They will not simply yield to “soft power.” They must be “dekulakized.” How this is to be carried out in practice, I do not understand.
I’m aware that the urban/rural gap is a part of China’s socialist market economy. China has responded to it with the poverty eradication program, supporting cooperatives at the rural level, and gradually focuses on industrializing the impoverished communities.
It’s about time…
As we recently discovered, this is a side effect of the NEP. It has spawned a class of wealthy individuals who will be incredibly difficult to combat later on. They will not simply yield to “soft power.” They must be “dekulakized.” How this is to be carried out in practice, I do not understand.
I’m aware that the urban/rural gap is a part of China’s socialist market economy. China has responded to it with the poverty eradication program, supporting cooperatives at the rural level, and gradually focuses on industrializing the impoverished communities.
Yes, I’ve heard that before.
We are watching.
I’m not talking about the whole world; I’m talking about Russia. Here, people simply don’t trust Americans—especially in such a murky affair.
But I won’t be able to prove anything to you… and you won’t be able to prove anything to me, either.