Taiwan demonstrates what China could be if it embraced Western values and capitalism: its GDP per capita is roughly 300% of mainland China's, which is precisely why an ideologically successful Chinese democracy that embraced Western capitalism so threatens Xi Jinping.
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“Taiwan's GDP per capita is 300% what China's is. So Taiwan is what China could be if it embraced Western values and Western capitalism.”
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Global Macro Investing And Geoeconomics With Hedge Fund Investor Kyle Bass | Hoover Institution— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 6/18/2026, 2:17:47 PM
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