I’ve been studying Chinese for years and I’ve visited for a while too.
China is mid. It’s impressive how they’ve advanced so quickly, but their working class is still under a lot of stress and the wealth disparity is grotesque like many countries.
They’ve exchanged the freedom to criticize the powers that be for safety and security.
I think they’ve gotten relatively lucky with Xi Jinping. He’s clever and I think generally tries to do the right thing, but when he’s gone I think China is likely to suffer under whoever replaces him.
It’s just that compared to the US even the slimiest turd looks like gold at the moment.
I’ve been studying Chinese for years and I’ve visited for a while too.
China is mid. It’s impressive how they’ve advanced so quickly, but their working class is still under a lot of stress and the wealth disparity is grotesque like many countries. They’ve exchanged the freedom to criticize the powers that be for safety and security.
I think they’ve gotten relatively lucky with Xi Jinping. He’s clever and I think generally tries to do the right thing, but when he’s gone I think China is likely to suffer under whoever replaces him.
It’s just that compared to the US even the slimiest turd looks like gold at the moment.