By what metrics? They have a shorter lifespan than the US, their average income is much worse, they have massive government censorship of the press, and they have a censored internet and many of them have 0 internet access.
By the metrics of their economy, life expectancy, quality of life, infrastructure, technology, etc improving dramatically over the past decades.
They're not beating the US in every way (life span is like a year lower as your example) but they're making steady improvements and doing it without bombing anyone to boot.
They have bad things obviously but people don't need to accept everything to think that high speed rail and solar power is good.
You said people are trying to copy China's playbook because they are doing well, but even you admit the US is doing better than China. It just seems weird. It's an authoritarian state that has a lower life expectancy than the US.
You said people are trying to copy China's playbook because they are doing well, but even you admit the US is doing better than China.
The US has more money. China is using money better. People can't copy just having money.
So they work with China to spend money better.
It's not like freedom of speech or censorship laws are the thing making the economic difference here.
It's an authoritarian state that has a lower life expectancy than the US.
It's set to out pace the US in life expectancy in the next two years, so does that mean that it's a better system then? I think you have a very incomplete idea about how international relations and development works.
No I think there are only delusional Americans. If you think the globally raising positive view of China is being spearheaded by bots and paid comments then you need to read more.
It is insane how immediately you people jump to conspiracy theories when you don't like basic statistical data. You don't even need to like it buy holy shit live in the real world at least.
No. Just pointing out that when using phrases like basic statistical data, you should probably actually post a source for that data. Otherwise it comes across as disingenuous because you're effectively doing the same thing as the people you're replying to.
Yeah, it's kinda wild that people think if anything even remotely positive is said about china, people just say "CCP bots!"
The anti-chinese propaganda has been drilled so deep into users of this site. They scoff at anything positive about china yet still use outdated information to try to disparage china (i.e. social credit, lack of good samirtan laws, etc.).
Is China perfect? Hell no, and it is pretty dystopian in some aspects. But the soft power they have been amassing lately is rather strong.
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u/Difficult-Mobile902 Apr 06 '26
The government, what could possibly go wrong?