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Several prominent libertarians, such as Peter Schiff have gone on record suggesting that China is more free-market than the US.  Others such as Jim Rogers (2010 Schlarbaum laureate) has stated that  “America is more communist than China” (video) and that “China isn’t communist” (video) and that “China is not going to be communist ever again” (WSJ).

What evidence do they have of this utopic land of milk and honey?  Or as Carl Sagan would say, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

My current employer is within the EFL industry and has a number of offices here in Shanghai.  It is both privately owned and independently run (e.g. not a JV with a local SOE).  I was recently sent a copy of a new employee handbook and found something of interest to those who buy into the belief that classical liberalism is alive and well in the middle kingdom:

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