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Wo-wha?

By hinterlands-rural areas Dogma, generally the non-coastal regions.

Frazzled wrote:Fair points Sebbie. We'll have to agree to disagree. I will state its a weird situation in that you have the urban/commercial part, but its my udnerstanding the hinterlands are pretty old school Chinese communist.

Yeah, let's just give the thread over to reds8n and his France as a carpark joke, cause that was hilarious.

What? thats pretty gratuitous hit there sebbie against Reds8n.

Frazzled wrote:Wo-wha?

By hinterlands-rural areas Dogma, generally the non-coastal regions.

I suppose I should have finished my thought. Capitalism has a tendency to take hold in areas of new growth because it relies to at least some degree on remaining alienated from your neighbors. When people move to a new area they tend to be naturally distrustful of others, especially those of differing cultural backgrounds. Since China's cities have been growing precipitously it has been possible for a strong sense of self-interest to take hold there as alienation exists due to the lack of a common origin. This won't last forever. The cities will continue to grow, and eventually their residents will develop some semblance of a common heritage. The urban areas will become more socialist as a result.

The inverse is true of the rural regions. At the moment rural China remains largely communist because the difficulty of the work combined with limited arable land forces people to work together in order to survive. As the nation modernizes fewer people will needed to work the same tracts of land. Jobs will be lost, more people will move to the cities, and the rural regions will become more capitalistic as a result of their newly perceived self-sufficiency.

Its pretty much the same thing that happened in the US. The difference is that China doesn't have any real room to grow, so the growing pains will be much, much more severe. The state knows this, and its one the main reasons they are trying so hard to maintain control.

I think, and say think because I am no expert, but I believe the coastal zones were also given extensive freedoms the rural areas did not have-especially initially.

Frazzled wrote:What? thats pretty gratuitous hit there sebbie against Reds8n.

No, I was serious, it made me laugh out loud.

Oh ok. In that case the only thing I can add of of intellectual merit is

Party on Sebbie

Frazzled wrote:I think, and say think because I am no expert, but I believe the coastal zones were also given extensive freedoms the rural areas did not have-especially initially.

I'm not sure either, but it would stand to reason. Great way to harness the energy of the rebellious youth. For all its faults China is run by some very smart people.