Is being more like China the answer for Britain? – Jude Howell

Howell, Jude (2015) Is being more like China the answer for Britain? – Jude Howell [Online resource]

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At last week’s Conservative Party conference, the Secretary for Health, Jeremy Hunt, urged the British population to “be prepared to work hard in a way that Asian economies are prepared to work hard”. His indirect reference to China must surely set alarm bells ringing amongst those who are familiar with the tale of “hard work” in China for the less well-off.