HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle

Ying Ma on Life Under Mao and China's Economic Miracle

Views: 875
"For a long time, people were not allowed to have dogs in the city, because that was also a capitalist indulgence," says Ying Ma, author of the memoir Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, which chronicles her childhood in China's final days of communism.

Ma's family lived through the crumbling of Maoism and the rise of economic liberalism, and talked with Reason TV about the dramatic changes that Chinese citizens saw in their everyday lives.

"For the first time, people got to choose where to work. For the first time, they got to choose where to live. For the first time, they actually got to choose what to buy on the market," says Ma.

Ma also discusses the future of the Chinese economy and explains why pundits like Thomas Friedman are mistaken to laud China's continued authoritarian rule.

About 8 minutes.

Interview by Nick Gillespie. Edited by Zach Weissmueller. Shot by Josh Swain and Weissmueller.

Visit http://reason.com/reasontv for downloadable versions, and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel to receive immediate updates when new material goes live.
@ReasonVidsfollow
Thumbnail for Lanny Ebenstein: The Indispensable Milton Friedman5:38
Lanny Ebenstein: The Indispensable Milton Friedman
ReasonVids
951 views
Thumbnail for Resolved: 15 Million Americans Would Be Better Off Without Welfare1:24:52
Resolved: 15 Million Americans Would Be Better Off Without Welfare
ReasonVids
712 views
Thumbnail for You Can Get 5 Years in Prison for Selling Llama Poop. A Chronicle of Our Most Ludicrous Laws19:23
You Can Get 5 Years in Prison for Selling Llama Poop. A Chronicle of Our Most Ludicrous Laws
ReasonVids
1012 views
Thumbnail for Should You Marry a Single Mom? 12:32
Should You Marry a Single Mom?
Terrence Popp
749 views
Thumbnail for Carolina Beach Food Trucks Victory1:36
Carolina Beach Food Trucks Victory
IJvids
811 views
Thumbnail for Forget Angelina Jolie: How Obamacare Endangers Your Breasts2:18
Forget Angelina Jolie: How Obamacare Endangers Your Breasts
ReasonVids
862 views
Thumbnail for "I escaped a North Korean prison camp" - Shin Dong-hyuk's Survivor Story4:08
"I escaped a North Korean prison camp" - Shin Dong-hyuk's Survivor Story
ReasonVids
886 views
Thumbnail for How Trump Will Reshape Foreign Policy11:29
How Trump Will Reshape Foreign Policy
ReasonVids
844 views
Thumbnail for Comedian Ahmed Albasheer: The U.S. Invasion Created a Thousand Saddams50:41
Comedian Ahmed Albasheer: The U.S. Invasion Created a Thousand Saddams
ReasonVids
835 views
Thumbnail for Domestic Violence is Ghey | Grunt Speak Shorts11:54
Domestic Violence is Ghey | Grunt Speak Shorts
Terrence Popp
783 views
Thumbnail for Chameleon Changing Colors0:45
Chameleon Changing Colors
voatcatbox
493 views
Thumbnail for Indian symbols in Paris0:07
Indian symbols in Paris
bestofhtlunited
1317 views
Thumbnail for Bob Bowdon: What's Next for School Choice - and New Media5:07
Bob Bowdon: What's Next for School Choice - and New Media
ReasonVids
961 views
Thumbnail for Jim Cramer admitting to how he manipulated the short selling market back in 2006. This needs to be seen by all!10:42
Jim Cramer admitting to how he manipulated the short selling market back in 2006. This needs to be seen by all!
bestofnab
2054 views
Thumbnail for SCHOOL SHOOTINGS x SKANK BRAND1:00
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS x SKANK BRAND
SKANKBRAND
245 views
Thumbnail for Atlas Shrugged Producer John Aglialoro on Ayn Rand's Enduring Impact17:30
Atlas Shrugged Producer John Aglialoro on Ayn Rand's Enduring Impact
ReasonVids
823 views
Thumbnail for 100,000 women go on strike in Iceland0:34
100,000 women go on strike in Iceland
AOUisgay
472 views
Thumbnail for Game of T̶h̶r̶o̶n̶e̶s̶ *Food Trucks* – Chicago's Mobile Vendors in an Epic Food Fight3:59
Game of T̶h̶r̶o̶n̶e̶s̶ *Food Trucks* – Chicago's Mobile Vendors in an Epic Food Fight
IJvids
889 views
Thumbnail for The Power of Nazi Propaganda5:46
The Power of Nazi Propaganda
ReasonVids
908 views
Thumbnail for North Carolina Bans Rare Burgers! Nanny of the Month (May 2011)1:52
North Carolina Bans Rare Burgers! Nanny of the Month (May 2011)
ReasonVids
844 views
Thumbnail for Former NYPD Chief Bernard Kerik Discusses Ferguson, Police Militarization, and Clemency25:43
Former NYPD Chief Bernard Kerik Discusses Ferguson, Police Militarization, and Clemency
ReasonVids
874 views
Thumbnail for A federal agent tried to shoot an innocent man. Will the Supreme Court allow accountability?4:52
A federal agent tried to shoot an innocent man. Will the Supreme Court allow accountability?
IJvids
1189 views
Thumbnail for Is It OK to be White?9:28
Is It OK to be White?
AmericanRenaissance
1751 views
Thumbnail for Anti-Gravity Wheel? | Veritasium5:42
Anti-Gravity Wheel? | Veritasium
science.topic
38 views
Thumbnail for I made holidays 1000x more dangerous | GrayStillPlays16:36
I made holidays 1000x more dangerous | GrayStillPlays
invidious
361 views

points

Permalink
Reply
china, communism, mao, maoism, mao zedong, china's economic miracle, market liberalization, free markets, free trade, libertarian, reason magazine, ying ma, nick gillespie
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle