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Debbie Liu's avatar

Fascinating, thank you!

Howard's avatar

Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for this.

Lile Mo's avatar

That's exactly what I found when researching HEFEI. The role of the University, it's relocation from Beijing to HEFEI and subsequent planning around it shaped the present day HEFEI.

Paul H's avatar

Very interesting. Thank you!

Bill's avatar

Around 2001, staying in a guest house in Shandong and watching either CCTV 4 or 9,

I watched a long documentary on why economic planning failed in China. I deeply regret all Americans can’t watch this informative video.

One major reason China’s planned economy failed was the unbelievable amount of data required.

The documentary gave as an example, economic planners tried to predict how much steel would be needed for lady’s hairpins in a future five-year plan. They used this projection to predict how much iron ore and how many furnaces etc would be needed.

Paul Dotta's avatar

Fascinating. Geez, everyone is saying the same thing...