It was a campaign with a debate in which China came up twenty-four times (not favorably), more than all the mentions of Social Security, middle class, Afghanistan, and Medicare combined.
By Evan Osnos October 17, 2012 If you want to understand the strangely starring role that China has come to play in this campaign, consider that it came up, by my count, twenty-four tines in the debate — more than the mentions of Social Security, middle class, Afghanistan, and Medicare combined.
As this special report has explained, rapid urbanisation has spawned two huge new social forces: a middle class and an underclass.
In the new Chinese social divide, the middle class hews to economical vehicles with tiny engines, while the wealthy fuss with automatic climate control in their luxury sedans.
These are the top 10 pledges the Tories hope will convince the low-paid, young parents, commuters, social housing tenants, middle class workers and grandparents to allow Mr Cameron to stay in Number 10: 10
These changes brought new economic power and social freedom to the middle class, and that, in turn, created significant social anxieties.
Mr. Frei, 67, has said he would seek to extend social protections to the middle class.
In particular, it's likely to produce a new social group: the formerly middle class.
"When someone is of a certain social position -- upper middle class here -- people turn away," Mr. Hallman said.
As long ago as 1988, he was talking about increasing social mobility, defending the middle class, and challenging the notion that you can't buck the market.
