Letters to the Editor
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Warlord is right, . . .
. . . and what's so frustrating is that China didn't have to choose this path. The leaders in this country wanted to develop, and they also had an iron grip on the levers of the economy. And so they chose what path to being an industrialized country? The same wild-west, no-holds-barred method as the West, wherein some people get ridiculously rich, and the vast majority just get screwed. And, to boot, they have all the pollution and degradation that goes with it.
The lessons of history, coupled with so many recent technological breakthroughs, could have meant a path of more equality and fairness, less rapine, and better lives not only for Chinese workers but possibly for some of the rest of the world as well. Oh well. This is human nature we're dealing with here.