China is one of the greatest economic success stories in history. Hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty in the last 30 years.When Deng Xiaoping announced that “to get rich is glorious”, he had a receptive audience. The new heroes are not Mao’s lower and middle peasants, but wealthy entrepreneurs. The peasants are back to where they have always been – the foundation of China’s society, ripe for exploitation by whoever happened to hold power in Beijing.When you mention “pe…
