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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis
Regardless, I disagree that nations rise to prominence through planning, and I especially disagree that economic growth has much at all to do with planning. If a nation suddenly discovers a massive new supply of valuable materials, or if the global economy shifts in such a way as to make a particular commodity much more (or less) valuable than it was previously, then the economies of the different nations will shift accordingly. No planning in that.
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But remember, we're not talking about a open, democratic nation like Great Britian or the United States. The totalitarian nature of the Chinese system lends exactly to this kind of planning. The histories of these types of systems are littered with examples of 5-year, 15-year and 30-year plans. The type of development in Chinese industry and technology certainly points to a concerted effort by the government, which I do not find at all surprising.