[bilbo0s]

This. I think sometimes people who have not actually had to LIVE the experience by being in China longer term don't have an appreciation for the degree of control that exists there.

China is a strange place where the central government is omni-present, AND nowhere all at the same time. It's strange, and difficult to describe. But I agree with xbmcuser...

The Chinese government, as long as it maintains its current structure, is in a happy position vis-a-vis economic control.

(Or any other type of control for that matter.)

[AnimalMuppet]

The issue may not be the amount of control. It may be the wisdom to use that control in a way that causes the least (economic) harm. At this point, how best to deflate that bubble might be regarded as an unsolved problem. (There may be theories. In fact, there probably are more theories than there are successful examples.)

[geppeto]

I agree. It took me a long time to realize most of my negative opinion for china was media driven and validated by chinese americans whose outdated opinions are elevated as absolutes, its a quirk of our culture.

Everything about china is much more nuanced and full of opportunity