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A top economist has joined the growing list of China's elite to have disappeared from public life after criticizing Xi Jinping, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Zhu Hengpeng served as deputy director of the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) for around a decade.

CASS is a state research think tank that reports directly to China's cabinet. Chen Daoyin, a former associate professor at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, described it as a "body to formulate party ideology to support the leadership."

According to the Journal, the 55-year-old disappeared shortly after remarking on China's sluggish economy and criticizing Xi's leadership in a private group on WeChat.

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[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Have you.... have you seen how Americans have been talking about the border? Especially this election cycle? I don't know if would characterize either party's constituencies as "receptive".

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

It's all talk. Corpos crave dirt cheap desperate immigrant workers and will make sure neither party messes this up.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You realize there's more to immigration than the border between Mexico and the US, right?

I know they ignore it, but you don't have to follow along with them.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

50 million immigrants in the US, and that data is 5 years old. Germany comes in second with 13 million. It’s not even close. I don’t see how a demographic crisis could happen, even if they hypothetically cut immigration in half