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philwelch on Jan 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Foxconn workers threatened mass suicide for their ...

> I think most would agree that China is now considered a "socialist market economy [with Chinese characteristics]"

In other words, less "USSR", more"Sweden without elections"?

paganel on Jan 11, 2012 | [–]

I might be mistaken, but I don't think health-services (other than basic ones) are free of charge in China. The same goes for education. What's definitely very "Chinese" is the segregation between the rural poor and the urban population. They're no Sweden, that's for sure.

JonnieCache on Jan 11, 2012 | [–]

More china.

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