Because that would lead to mass unemployment and deindustrialization, as China lacks the wealth among the lower classes and the demographics to consume everything that it produces.

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Gud 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Wealth is made.

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scottLobster 34 minutes ago | parent [-]

Yes, in China's case through mass exports. What you're suggesting is North Korean Juche. Turning China into a larger North Korea will not increase its prosperity.

	▲	Gud 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, currently. But you have made no argument for why that must continue, only presented that is the status quo. China is huge and I am simply wondering, why does it need to export? Except for oil, it has pretty much any resource needed to sustain a high technology economy. Please, there are no similarities between North Korea and China.