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An initiative so feared that China has stopped saying its name
The Economist
China | The Voldemort of economic plans
“Made in China 2025” has been a success, but at what cost?
LIKE LORD VOLDEMORT from Harry Potter, “Made in China 2025” is an initiative which induces so much fear and loathing abroad that Chinese officials dare not speak its name. The plan, introduced a decade ago, called for pouring money and resources into dozens of industries. The goal was to turn China into a green and innovative “manufacturing power”, one that relied less on labour and Western supply chains, and more on automation and new home-grown technologies. This was Xi Jinping’s vision for the Chinese economy.
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I’m convinced the Libs are being cheeky with the Harry Potter references now, they saw us making fun of them for it and now they’re “owning it”.
Fine. I will edit a chapter of my magic college novel today
Oh my God please let me believe you’re fr working on a fanfic “hogwarts but college” spinoff. With Ron as a secret death eater (of course)
I’m afraid not. It’s an OC project. “Guy goes to magic community college and struggles to afford tuition.” So he and his friends go on misadventures to try and scrape enough money together all the while he becomes increasingly upset with the capitalist society they inhabit.