The Unwritten Contract

Sven Agten ()

Chapter Chapter 4 in Adventures in the Chinese Economy: 16 Years from the Inside, 2021, pp 47-75 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The complexitycomplexity of China may seem unfathomable to newcomers. But the Chinese grew up with this complexitycomplexity—they virtually imbibed ways of handling it with their mothers’ milk. Moreover, China’s complexitycomplexity is not always obvious and could collapse into instability—a state of affairs called luanluan, which literally means “messy”—and the result would be chaos! As such Chinese prefer stability and subsequent economic growth, which the government provides. In return, the Chinese citizen accepts the rule of one Party, providing it ensures a good quality of life.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1167-4_4

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