Reforms, along with the Third Plenum of the 11th Chinese Communist Party Congress Central Committee [in December 1978], seem to be a hot topic at the moment. I too have some thoughts and memories to write down, some comparisons and criticisms. I would welcome the opportunity to debate them with anyone wishing to do so.<\/p>\n
Where should I start? From the source of it all: namely, the reasons why there was no way forward but reform at this time.<\/p>\n
Someone famous once said, “Not introducing reforms will take us down a blind alley.” This famous person has long since died.<\/p>\n
Of course, it wasn’t said by Chen Yun, who favored a planned economy, nor was it said by Zhao Ziyang or Hu Yaobang, both of whom favored a market economy and political reform. No, it was said by the biggest name of that era: Deng Xiaoping.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From RFA: Reforms, along with the Third Plenum of the 11th Chinese Communist Party Congress Central Committee [in December 1978], seem to be a hot topic at the moment. I too have some thoughts and memories to write down, some comparisons and criticisms. I would welcome the opportunity to debate them with anyone wishing to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[6535,5895,2334],"class_list":["post-30405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-30-years-of-reform","tag-bao-tong","tag-reform","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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