Though it's not precisely on the topic of "human cost", this is a quite aggressive and fact-based refutation of Chinese propagandists' talking points, and worth watching. The manifestation of...
Though it's not precisely on the topic of "human cost", this is a quite aggressive and fact-based refutation of Chinese propagandists' talking points, and worth watching.
The manifestation of China's potential to become the most thoroughly anti-liberal, totalitarian state in human history is chilling. Hearing Chinese state intellectuals casually discard the rights of millions of people, with the excuse of the harmony of 1.4 billion under one imperial leader, should trouble your sleep.
The discussion doesn't spend enough time on the sustainability and "human cost" questions - though it examines the cost of corruption in broad terms, there's little consideration of non-existent worker rights, the health effects of environmental degradation and toxic work, or the impacts of mass dislocation.
Though it's not precisely on the topic of "human cost", this is a quite aggressive and fact-based refutation of Chinese propagandists' talking points, and worth watching.
The manifestation of China's potential to become the most thoroughly anti-liberal, totalitarian state in human history is chilling. Hearing Chinese state intellectuals casually discard the rights of millions of people, with the excuse of the harmony of 1.4 billion under one imperial leader, should trouble your sleep.
The discussion doesn't spend enough time on the sustainability and "human cost" questions - though it examines the cost of corruption in broad terms, there's little consideration of non-existent worker rights, the health effects of environmental degradation and toxic work, or the impacts of mass dislocation.