Social Theory: June 2009 Archives

Twenty years ago, (some) Chinese people took to the streets and demanded the freedom to speak against corruption, to buy western goods, and to manage their lives without interruption (see Wasserstrom's summary ). Twenty years later, the world is in the midst of a financial crisis, waiting for Chinese consumers to pick up the slack of international demand and drive the global financial recovery. 

On the surface, most Chinese people have little interests in the events of 1989. However, taking into account China's role in creating the current crisis, those events might have a bigger influence on current economic matters than we realize.

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