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Q: what does the Chinese leadership means to you?
and for the world?
It means literally everything! you?
icnif77:
Take it as my comment to Q, not really the a
nswer
absolutely nothing. no matter what happens here, i can leave or stay.
You mean the change in leadership. Well, its tough to say. Typically, Chinese leaders will implement the policies of their predecessors for a while before implementing their own. Hu Jin Tao actually broke from that tradition by dumping Jiang Zemin's Three Represents for the Scientific Development Theory (Chinese development based around economic stimulus for the rural poor and to state own holdings in rural areas) very early on. We should probably expect a major change in China's domestic policy as foreign business interests continue to leave China, the nation's rate of economic growth continues to slow to a rate of under 8% per annum, and its housing bubble is set to reach critical mass by 2015. The question is whether or not these new policy changes will be enough to head off the imminent disaster, or failing that, whether or not we expats should at least begin to make plans to move elsewhere.
In terms of foreign policy, I hope that China's new leadership will be smart enough to understand that stirring the pot by bullying its neighbors into making territorial concessions only acts against China's long term interests. That said I'm not incredibly hopeful.
Shiny black hairdo's, long winded speeches, ten year plans in a country where people struggle to plan for the next ten minutes, copious baijiu, even more copious banquets, "sincere and trusting" handshakes.
Business as usual until/unless they announce some new policy changes concerning foreign nationals in China.
It was interesting to note that the 'balance' on the central committee has changed, from 5 - 4, reformers / old guard to 5 - 2 reformers / old guard, that COULD be an important change indicating more reform to come. I hope so, I think the most important thing China needs is to tackle corruption, once that is done the rest can happen, but if it isn't, any change in the law / constitution will just be more chances for the corrupt to make money.
If that is done I would then like to see changes to the Hukou system and a system of affordable health insurance for all but especially the poorest, then a welfare system. I think once such things are in place many of the terrible sociopathic things we hear reported will be reduced.
As an aside, I just heard a (mildly) amusing comment the new 'leaders' are Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, so Xi and Li so the are calling it the Xili government as in (silly government) I know the pronunciation isn't perfect, but it made me smile.
