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sabato, aprile 30, 2005
La pace infame. Trent'anni dopo la fine di una guerra vinta dal totalitarismo per ritiro della democrazia, il Vietnam si riscopre diviso. Indovinate un po'? Tra nord e sud:
For one thing, the south suffered less from American bombing, leaving it with better infrastructure. What is more, northerners have lived under a communist regime since 1954, whereas southerners have much more recent experience of capitalism. The flight of well-to-do southerners in the face of the communist advance in 1975, and the subsequent exodus of boat people, has left the south with a bigger diaspora. These links to viet kieu, or overseas Vietnamese, give the south a more cosmopolitan outlook, and provide southern businessmen with capital and ideas. All this helps to explain why the south has taken to the government's economic reforms so much more readily than the north. After 1975, the victorious communists abolished free enterprise throughout the country, and forced farmers into collectives. Following a brush with famine in the early 1980s, however, the authorities eased restrictions on private enterprise, first in agriculture, then for foreign investors, and, most recently, for local businessmen. Da non perdere anche il commento di Alessandro Tapparini. |
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