31 Dec, 2011 in
Politics by
halil ibrahim Tutuncu
As usual with Chinese matters, we begin thousands of years ago, around 4500 BC, when two legendary rulers, Yan and Huang, encouraged business by advocating commodity exchange. However, when Guanzhong drew up his fourfold characterization of Chinese society, “merchant” was placed at the bottom, below the peasant toiling in his rice field. The great unifying [...]