The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Apropos to jq1234’s China thesis in #msg-79378961:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443624204578060994057692924.html

It is possible this reflects a master plan: pain in the final days of the old administration creating room for a feel-good splurge when the new guys—expected to be current Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang—come in.

This sounds somewhat more Machiavellian than a mere difference of opinion between outgoing and incoming leaders, but the end result may be the same.