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This week, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told a Conservative Conference fringe meeting how inspired he was by the Chinese working culture. The richest multi-millionaire in the cabinet said that Tory plans to cut tax credits to millions of the lowest paid workers were essential to preserve those workers' “independence, self-respect and dignity”. He added that the cuts “sent an important cultural signal”:
“My wife is Chinese. We want this to be one of the most successful countries in the world in 20, 30, 40 years’ time. There’s a pretty difficult question that we have to answer, which is essentially: are we going to be a country which is prepared to work hard in the way that Asian economies are prepared to work hard, in the way that Americans are prepared to work hard? And that is about creating a culture where work is at the heart of our success.”
