Inflation issues are also down to another western belief - venerating 'price competition' as the only pure way to resolve resource conflicts.
The Chinese don't work that way. If there is a conflict for resources, those with the power just take them. If there is compensation offered for that, those without the power just get given it - and probably consider themselves lucky.
The Chinese show you can have a system where you set a price, even one as low as zero, and then use coercive power to force people to take that price.
Those with power don't need to get into price competition. And if they don't get into price competition, then prices won't go up. Inflation is killed at source.
The Chinese don't work that way. If there is a conflict for resources, those with the power just take them. If there is compensation offered for that, those without the power just get given it - and probably consider themselves lucky.
The Chinese show you can have a system where you set a price, even one as low as zero, and then use coercive power to force people to take that price.
Those with power don't need to get into price competition. And if they don't get into price competition, then prices won't go up. Inflation is killed at source.