Tag: China middle class
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In China, middle-class affluence, not political influence
Christian Science Monitor: In China, middle-class affluence, not political influence … These are the sort of people whose historical equivalents in 18th- and 19th-century Europe developed political ambitions to match their economic status and fueled the rise of democracy. Mr. Liu laughs at the suggestion that the same thing might happen in 21st-century China. "Undeniably,…