Yes and I think that shift on the part of the USSR was a colossal mistake. But moreover, while I agree that the WTO and frankly the post Bretton Woods international trade regime is to blame in the largest sense, we should also hold to account the choices of local and regional policymakers that made a conscious decision to pursue policies that exacerbated the fault lines that said economic regime created. There was another choice in managing minority relations and the corrosive effect that economic change would have on the periphery, and in fact PRC policy makers debated a lot of this in the 80s and 90s before ultimately taking a much harsher line than they had before.
Yes and I think that shift on the part of the USSR was a colossal mistake. But moreover, while I agree that the WTO and frankly the post Bretton Woods international trade regime is to blame in the largest sense, we should also hold to account the choices of local and regional policymakers that made a conscious decision to pursue policies that exacerbated the fault lines that said economic regime created. There was another choice in managing minority relations and the corrosive effect that economic change would have on the periphery, and in fact PRC policy makers debated a lot of this in the 80s and 90s before ultimately taking a much harsher line than they had before.