Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) illustrates how local autonomy sparks growth, and why China's economic cooperation with ASEAN stands crucial to geopolitical stability.
"China allowed local governments greater control over means of production, i.e. public property, contributing to its remarkable economic growth. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, rarely empowered its republics with real authority".
I suspect that's because China had a long tradition of local cooperation with a relative handful of officials from Beijing, whereas Russia had no real governance 'tradition' until the communists formalized it.
"China allowed local governments greater control over means of production, i.e. public property, contributing to its remarkable economic growth. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, rarely empowered its republics with real authority".
I suspect that's because China had a long tradition of local cooperation with a relative handful of officials from Beijing, whereas Russia had no real governance 'tradition' until the communists formalized it.