Comments on: Poverty Numbers As A Chinese Social Stability Indicator

By: The Other Challenges « China Comment

The Other Challenges « China Comment — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:08:40 +0000

[...] 1989, part of the impetus for the protests was runaway inflation, rising unemployment and lowering standards of living. And as Pieter Botellier also argued; “the Communists’ defeat of the Nationalists in the [...]

By: Chinese Economy: Early Signs of Rapid Deceleration | The China Vortex

Chinese Economy: Early Signs of Rapid Deceleration | The China Vortex — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:43:41 +0000

[...] China, this is always a warning sign of potential social instability. It also explains a lot about why the Chinese government has introduced new licensing regulations [...]

By: Patterns in China’s Economic Development «

Patterns in China’s Economic Development « — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:49:36 +0000

[...] areas that the government intended for all to share the benefits of growth? Paul Denlinger wrote an interesting post on the importance of Social Stability in China on The China [...]

By: Consequences of China’s Oil Price Hike « China Comment

Consequences of China’s Oil Price Hike « China Comment — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:14:24 +0000

[...] in 1989, part of the impetus for the massive protests was runaway inflation, rising unemployment and lowering standards of living. And as Pieter Botellier of the Jamestown Foundation also argued; [...]

By: YS

YS — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:52:07 +0000

“The need for social stability in China trumps everything else. Including commitments to globalization and the WTO.”– as far as I can tell, the same is true with every single western country including USA, so what’s the point here?