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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
(www.theguardian.com)
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At this point, Chinas goverment may be no more authoritarian than the US government. And China has a lot more social welfare programs than the US. Honestly, when I was in China i felt substantially more free than I did in the US. Far less policed. Far less restricted. Maybe that jsut my experience, but the feeling was real.
Haven't been to either but authoritarian doesn't have to mean suppressive. And in both cases it might matter a lot where you go and who you are (as in your wealth, skin colour, connections etc).
Nah, my existence was illegal. I'm the second son in my family. I'd feel very rejected there.
Hukou was also another form of rejection. To them, I'm just a filthy peasant from some village in Taishan. Doesn't matter if I was born in a hospital in Guangzhou, I get Taishan Hukou. They didn't me in Guangzhou Oublic schools. We didn't belong there, just migrants, second class residents. By the start of highschool, the migrants kids have to go back to where their hukou actually is because Gaokao has to be taken there.
Westerners have their privilaged passport to shield themselves because the PRC authorities won't dare to touch a western citizen. Too much trouble and bad international press. (I mean as long as you don't actually cross their "red line", you're immune) That' probably why it feels so free.
I mean, even an American Citizen of Chinese descent don't get that privilage, since they "look Chinese" they get treated like a Chinese national.
interesting point about not wanting to go after westerners. I knew the big no-nos so I stuck well clear of those, but there we so many minor offenses that I would be fined to death on in the US that I know China would have just completely ignored.