Beruflich Dokumente
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Junhua Wu
Senior Scholar Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars May 30, 2013
Does it make sense to forecast the short-term economy? Is it true that the consumption demand is weak?
(%)
40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
(%) 80
70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
1990
2009
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
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2008
2010
2011
Ratio to GDP
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China.
GDP
Consumption
2012
(Ratio to GDP)25
60 20 50 15
40
30
10
20 5 10
0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Educated Youth ()
Five Nos
No multi-party system No alteration of ideology No separation of powers & bicameral system No federal system, and No privatization
Seven Donts
Dont talk about universal values. Dont talk about freedom of press. Dont talk about civil society. Dont talk about civil rights. Dont talk about mistakes in the Partys history. Dont talk about crony capitalism. Dont talk about judicial independence.
Two No-Repudiates
1.
Dont use what happened after the 1978 economic reform began to repudiate what happened before it.
2.
Dont use what happened before 1978 to repudiate what came after.
Take-away Question
How should the world deal with a wealthier and stronger China if it does not fundamentally change its political system but keeps its door open to the world through trade, investment and other economic activities?
Thank you!