Deng Xiaoping’s reform & opening

Mr Dan offers a definition of reform and opening that his powerful cousin would have recognised: a social contract that stresses nationalism and material prosperity, rather than theoretical “-isms”

—The Economist, in ‘Forty years after Deng opened China, reformists are cowed

A statement everyone in India will agree with…

WHEN Narendra Modi became prime minister of India in 2014, opinion was divided as to whether he was a Hindu zealot disguised as an economic reformer, or the other way round. The past three years appear to have settled the matter.

India’s prime minister is not as much of a reformer as he seems, August 5, 2017 at 11:33PM

It couldn’t have been more ambiguous 🙂