I work with people from china most of them of scared of saying anything against the government in a country half around the world from china. Some of them have been affected negatively by the governments "Focus on growth" at all costs. Sadly the writer missed the section "AT ALL COSTS" from the focus on the growth part. Simple example pollution from chinese industrial growth has reached Alaska and washington state. Yes industrialized countries polluted lot more when they grew and continue to pollute even now. But China now has access to information and technology that was not so prevalent when these nations grew.
And please Britain is not a real free market economy. They are a lot more socialist than America. They lean so far to the left that even the most free market oriented right wing British MP wouldn't be too far in their position from an average American american left wing democrat.