What Can Pakistan Learn from the Chinese Miracle

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Global Village Space |

When Mao took power in China in 1949, two years after Pakistan’s birth, China was a far
poorer country than Pakistan, with a lower per capita income. Today, China’s growth is an
economic miracle, whereas Pakistan’s economy is burdened by unemployment, inflation, and debt. The country is dependent upon China’s massive support.

After the Korean War, the US considered China an enemy; Pakistan, needing US support against the USSR-India axis, at first did not risk having too close a relationship with China. This changed in 1962 when China defeated India in a short and decisive war, and Pakistan, on the principle that ‘my enemy’s enemy is my friend,’ started to build a special relationship with China.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto emerged as the leader of the China camp in Pakistan. China became an important supplier of arms to Pakistan, and Pakistan was one of the first countries to support China’s move to replace Taiwan in the UN.


The two critical events that cemented the Pak-China relationship were in 1971 when Pakistan facilitated Kissinger’s secret trip to China that led to the Mao – Nixon meeting in 1972, and 2015 when Xi Jinping visited Pakistan to launch the CPEC, a game-changer for Pakistan.

The Mao-Nixon meeting ended 20 years’ enmity after the Korean War, in which the People’s Republic of China, a year after its birth, had challenged the US, the world’s superpower and victor of the Second World War. Mao had lost his son on the battlefront in Korea.

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What Can Pakistan Learn from the Chinese Miracle

 

[Solidify]

Pakistan had 40 years of corrupted political parties and events of terrorism from both sides of border.
Watch why Bangladesh economy is ahead of Pakistan

 

[redtom]

Last year, a Chinese video blogger made a video about Pakistan.

His view is that Pakistan’s political structure is problematic and lacks a strong central government.

Political families in various places take turns in power, and they fight for the interests of their hometown, that is, fight for the interests of their own families. Others hinder their policies.He is even more looking forward to Pakistan's military exerting greater political power. When the military government completed the integration of Pakistan, destroyed the political power of the local separatism, and then returned power to the government and the people.

This process is a bit like China's early route. China has destroyed the original local power in China through economic system reforms. Let the whole China become a whole. Then obtained the basic industrial system from the Soviet Union.

Pakistan has the same opportunity, and China can provide better industrialization. But the problem is that the military is far from the strength of the CCP, and it is unable to implement reforms.

I think a certain degree of economic reform is possible. Set up some state-owned enterprises and distribute them to various political families. Let the interests of the political family align with the interests of Pakistan.Just like some people control oil, some people control electricity, some people control communications, and some people control import and export trade.

 

[khansaheeb]

Global Village Space |

When Mao took power in China in 1949, two years after Pakistan’s birth, China was a far
poorer country than Pakistan, with a lower per capita income. Today, China’s growth is an
economic miracle, whereas Pakistan’s economy is burdened by unemployment, inflation, and debt. The country is dependent upon China’s massive support.

After the Korean War, the US considered China an enemy; Pakistan, needing US support against the USSR-India axis, at first did not risk having too close a relationship with China. This changed in 1962 when China defeated India in a short and decisive war, and Pakistan, on the principle that ‘my enemy’s enemy is my friend,’ started to build a special relationship with China.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto emerged as the leader of the China camp in Pakistan. China became an important supplier of arms to Pakistan, and Pakistan was one of the first countries to support China’s move to replace Taiwan in the UN.


The two critical events that cemented the Pak-China relationship were in 1971 when Pakistan facilitated Kissinger’s secret trip to China that led to the Mao – Nixon meeting in 1972, and 2015 when Xi Jinping visited Pakistan to launch the CPEC, a game-changer for Pakistan.

The Mao-Nixon meeting ended 20 years’ enmity after the Korean War, in which the People’s Republic of China, a year after its birth, had challenged the US, the world’s superpower and victor of the Second World War. Mao had lost his son on the battlefront in Korea.

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What Can Pakistan Learn from the Chinese Miracle

The biggest difference the Chinese executed all the corrupts and Pakistan nurtured them.

 

[Dr-who]

The Chinese are not emotional.
We cannot be dictated by what's happening in occupied kashmir, Palestine, Burma etc.
We have to take of our citizens be they be qadiani. Our economic and social setup should be all inclusive.
But it's unlikely to happen as leaders & their descendants with strategic interests are involved policy making.

 

[redtom]

The biggest difference the Chinese executed all the corrupts and Pakistan nurtured them.

Don't pay too much attention to corruption, which is not conducive to solving the problem. Mao said that politics is about making friends more and enemies less.

The root of corruption comes from system loopholes rather than from someone. If the goal is to eliminate corrupt people from the beginning, they will do everything in their power to stop you.

Benefits can be exchanged. Just like a robber who robbed a passing businessman, he can also be turned into a manager of a transportation company.

 

[khansaheeb]

Don't pay too much attention to corruption, which is not conducive to solving the problem. Mao said that politics is about making friends more and enemies less.

The root of corruption comes from system loopholes rather than from someone. If the goal is to eliminate corrupt people from the beginning, they will do everything in their power to stop you.

Benefits can be exchanged. Just like a robber who robbed a passing businessman, he can also be turned into a manager of a transportation company.

Corruption is a short cut at the expense of others and is never conducive to a successful society. It is Pakistan's shortfall and a disease that needs resolution.

The Chinese are not emotional.
We cannot be dictated by what's happening in occupied kashmir, Palestine, Burma etc.
We have to take of our citizens be they be qadiani. Our economic and social setup should be all inclusive.
But it's unlikely to happen as leaders & their descendants with strategic interests are involved policy making.

Emotion is a quality if used correctly. Of course it matters to Pakistan as to what happens in Palestine. It could one day happen to us and we need to learn and respond by being engaged.

 

[313ghazi]

The Chinese are not emotional.
We cannot be dictated by what's happening in occupied kashmir, Palestine, Burma etc.
We have to take of our citizens be they be qadiani. Our economic and social setup should be all inclusive.
But it's unlikely to happen as leaders & their descendants with strategic interests are involved policy making.

So you think the Chinese are successful because they sold thier values?

You clearly are unaware of or choose to ignore the Chinese military interventions in Vietnam and Korea. They fought foreign supowers for people who thought like them.

 

[Azadkashmir]

pakistan needs hardcore ideological leader like stalin money cant buy him out he only care for power and industrialization nothing comes in his way of his end goal.

 

[313ghazi]

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The biggest lesson we can learn from the Chinese is hardwork. Nobody in our country works hard enough. It doesn't matter how long you work, how laborious your day is - if your output is low and the reward for is insufficient you are not working hard enough. Sometimes to really work hard, you need to work smart.

Fill your pockets, give the nation its share, pay your zakat - everything else will fall in place. China is politically communist but economically its very capitalist.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Don't pay too much attention to corruption, which is not conducive to solving the problem. Mao said that politics is about making friends more and enemies less.

The root of corruption comes from system loopholes rather than from someone. If the goal is to eliminate corrupt people from the beginning, they will do everything in their power to stop you.

Benefits can be exchanged. Just like a robber who robbed a passing businessman, he can also be turned into a manager of a transportation company.

I agree with you. Most of the Paks here will blame it on last 40 years of corruption of the elected governments. The truth is while they have no helped but the countries problems are far bigger than Bhutto or Sharifs.

You see both countries might have been set up about the same time and China did look poorer. But it was all cosmetic. The Pakistan we had in 1940s, 50s or 1960s looked ahead of China. However that was not because of indigenous source. It was all British colonial legacy and American aid kept the country shining compared to China.

But a critical analysis will tell you China overtook Pakistan between 1950 and 1970. In this period China over hauled it's society at the root. It planted seeds of a new culture and society. So China may have looked poorer but in fact she was investing in her people for a better future. For instance by 1970 Chinese literacy was way beyond Pakistan. In short Chinese invested in their society and were ahead of Pakistan by 1970. This was laying the seeds of future success.

To put it in brutal terms Chinese ever since 1920's well before even CCP took over and birth of modern China had The New Culture Movement which was somply "copy the west".

In our part of the world it was other way round by saying "let's go to the past". The Chinese society inspired by the west to look forward. Our society repulsed by the west decided to look backwards. This is the reall povery that Pakistan suffers from.

The New Culture Movement (Xin wenhua yundong) was a movement in China in the 1910s and 1920s that criticized classical Chinese ideas and promoted a new Chinese culture based upon western ideals like democracy and science.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=New+Culture+Movement

 

[truthfollower]

It was all British colonial legacy and American aid kept the country shining compared to China.

all that good old British legacy is washing away with time and real face has started to appear?

 

[Hiptullha]

between 1950 and 1970. In this period China over hauled it's society at the root. It planted seeds of a new culture and society.

This was the most backwards period for China and didn't even end up helping them. Pakis want senseless cultural revolution and population transfers when what you need is land reform and stable institutions.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

all that good old British legacy is washing away with time and real face has started to appear?

Yes. For a lack of better way of saying. Pakistan in 1947 was 95% desi retardness with 5% British polish. By 1970s the British effect was wearing off. Instead of the British influenced 5% making the 95% desi retards into British the 5% got desified.

In China went from 99% Chini to 99% westoxified by 1970.

 

[beijingwalker]

But a critical analysis will tell you China overtook Pakistan between 1950 and 1970. In this period China over hauled it's society at the root. It planted seeds of a new culture and society. So China may have looked poorer but in fact she was investing in her people for a better future. For instance by 1970 Chinese literacy was way beyond Pakistan. In short Chinese invested in their society and were ahead of Pakistan by 1970. This was laying the seeds of future success.

Very valid point and sharp in depth insight, the west always demonizes Mao and all his heavy handed policies, but everyone else except for the Chinese people fails to understand how vital Mao's reform was in transforming the whole structure of the Chinese society. A short term pain for long term development.

Why India can never have long term meaningful development and growth? cause India hasn't had a Mao appeared in its history to fundementily change the course and the fate of a massive nation.