[talkSAFT]

Like or loathe China's politics, I missed the bit where they now allow their citizens to squander £175m buying a Football Toy in a country not exactly on their Christmas Card List. It would never have been anywhere near possible under the old regime, but Chairman Mao would have had Lai executed not so long ago. What do ordinary Chinese people make of him? How can their philosophy change so much in 20 years or so?

(This is a question for Politics students - not Football nutters.)