Chinese capitalism and exploitation

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Useful article on the situation facing workers in China:

“Incomes and living standards have risen dramatically since the 1980s, and the country achieved an impressive record of poverty reduction, all of which should be recognized and applauded. But the fact remains that Chinese workers have lagged far behind the owners of capital and the government when it comes to income gains. It may not be the abject labor extraction envisioned by Deng, but it is labor extraction nonetheless.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/how-china-forgot-karl-marx

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