Using the internet, find a newspaper article which focuses on recent economic events in China or Russia. What was the main point of the article? What facts or data did the article present? Did you agree or disagree with the author? Why?

Then, engage in a dialogue with your classmates on the above question and any other perspectives you have on the link between political and economic systems. Please keep your answers objective, non-partisan and non-ideological!

Be sure to reference your sources.