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Except it was the Maoist path on ... (none / 1)

... population policy ... that is, people are wealth, to encourage a population explosion ... that is responsible for the urgency of the political problem now. And if China had not engineered a boost in agricultural output, the Maoist path would have turned quite ugly for the ruling oligarchy.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 10:06:47 AM EST
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Re: Except it was the Maoist path on ... (none / 0)

Though the on child policy started in '79, I thought it was a continuation of existing policies. Do you have some links to the previous population policy?

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by A swedish kind of death on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 07:03:44 PM EST
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