A common argument I've seen is it's because of 'capitalism'. well, kind of. but that's an oversimplification. Here is a deep dive into the stuff China did that got to its today.

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Time stamps:
[0:00] Intro
[2:12] Summary
[3:03] The Chinese Leadership
[5:44] Unique economic policies
[10:58] The Chinese culture
[13:30] Outro


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Work consulted
Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy (eds., Chow and Perkins, 2015)
China and the Global Political Economy (Breslin, 2007)
Russia and Eastern Europe after Communism: the Search for New Political, Economic, and Security Systems (Michael Kraus and Ron Liebowitz, 1996)
China’s Economy (Kroeber, 2016)
Globalisation and its discontent (Stiglitz, 2001)
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (Ang, 2016)
How Asia Works (Studwell, 2013)
Deng XiaoPing and the Transformation of China (Vogel, 2011)
Links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin...
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/...



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