In a country that regularly censors opposing viewpoints, Chinese President Xi Jinping¡¯s push for ¡°common prosperity¡± has triggered something unusual: a spirited public policy debate.
On the one side are those sharing the views of blogger Li Guangman, whose commentary last month calling Xi¡¯s regulatory crackdown a ¡°profound revolution¡± was published widely by major state-run media outlets. It proclaimed ¡°the capital market will no longer become a paradise for capitalists to get rich overnight¡± and ¡°all those who block this people-centered change will be discarded.¡±
Countering that argument are those like Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the nationalistic Global Times newspaper, who rebutted Li¡¯s piece by saying the planned changes were a result of unified policies from top leaders. The goal, he said, was gradual social progress rather than a sweeping campaign that amounted to some sort of second Cultural Revolution.
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