Chinese Youth Will Propel Economic and Political Changes [View article]
i think Blair must have been talking about something else. your title says "Chinese Youth Will Propel Economic and Political Changes" and ends with "What will be key is whether or not Chinese youth continue to spend".
probably the oppposite is true - when the youth finds out in 2009 that future is not so rosy and they cannot expect to get bigger and more expensive toys very year, then some of them will turn attentions to forcing change in the country.
in fact, everyone including the communist party chiefs knows that the key to political stability in china has been the economic prosperity of the past 20 years. Sadly, China really needs a crisis now to force the necessary changes - so that it can prosper more later.
Chinese Youth Will Propel Economic and Political Changes [View article]
probably the oppposite is true - when the youth finds out in 2009 that future is not so rosy and they cannot expect to get bigger and more expensive toys very year, then some of them will turn attentions to forcing change in the country.
in fact, everyone including the communist party chiefs knows that the key to political stability in china has been the economic prosperity of the past 20 years. Sadly, China really needs a crisis now to force the necessary changes - so that it can prosper more later.