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China's 'common prosperity' push does not mean 'killing the rich', official says
Reuters ^ | 8-26-21 | Gabriel Crossley

Posted on 08/26/2021 6:47:13 PM PDT by dynachrome

China's drive for "common prosperity", as President Xi Jinping aims to ease inequality in the world's second-largest economy, does not mean "killing the rich to help the poor", an official from the ruling Communist Party said on Thursday.

China must also "guard against falling into the trap of welfarism", Han Wenxiu, an official at the central financial and economic affairs commission, told a briefing in Beijing.

Those who "get rich first" should help those behind, but hard work should be encouraged, he said.

"We cannot wait for help, rely on others for help, or beg for help. We cannot support layabouts."

Investors have been rattled by a series of measures, including a crackdown on several industries, that are in part aimed at curbing cost-of-living pressures, as well as tightening anti-monopoly rules and data protections

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; rich
50% for the big guy. Xi.
1 posted on 08/26/2021 6:47:13 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Hilarious mixed messages—sounds like if you are gonna be rich, it would be wise to get your money out of China—just in case.


2 posted on 08/26/2021 6:49:13 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: dynachrome

Next Stop: The Killing Fields


3 posted on 08/26/2021 6:54:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: dynachrome
"We cannot support layabouts."

The Democrat Party needs to re-educate this guy. He sounds like a white supremacist insurrectionist deplorable libertarian.

4 posted on 08/26/2021 6:59:24 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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To: dynachrome

Course not

They want to make the rich, poor

Like all good commies


5 posted on 08/26/2021 7:22:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

It’s eat the rich.


6 posted on 08/26/2021 7:38:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: dynachrome

Of course not. This time around the rich are politically connected.


7 posted on 08/26/2021 7:47:50 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: cockroach_magoo

Real Socialism (Collectivism) demands All to work and contribute. Black Markets thrive under these command and control economies.


8 posted on 08/26/2021 7:50:16 PM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos.)
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To: dynachrome

“... does not mean “killing the rich to help the poor”


Just ask the dozens and dozens of wealthy CEOs who ran afoul of the CCP’s drive to halt any sort of competition ... oh wait ... most of them are dead. Maybe someone can get the body parts of Horse Cloud to say different, but I doubt it.


9 posted on 08/27/2021 6:17:05 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: dynachrome

50% for the big guy. Xi.


95%


10 posted on 08/27/2021 6:17:31 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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