Control freaks

摘要

You might have thought China's leaders would be brimming over with confidence just now. Even as the West is struggling, their economy is growing strongly. China's eclectic mix of free-market principles, spoonfed state enterprises and intoler-rnance of dissent may be contradictory, but it seems to have paid dividends. Around the world those disillusioned with American capitalism have half an eye on China as an alternative.