[nickrio]

Ha! CCP don't give any shit about creativity.

They want to be in control, including controlling creativity.

In fact, if you're a Chinese people like me, you probably learned CCP's "Three Represents" when you in mid school. Which is:

- "Represents advanced social productive forces" stands for economic production

- "Represents the progressive course of China's advanced culture" stands for cultural development

- "Represents the fundamental interests of the majority" stands for political consensus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Represents

What that said is:

- We (CCP) decide what is important to this country

- We decide what you can do when you're boring

- We decide what you can have (and your needs)

So, I won't be surprised one day we had that Sea Ban thing and what's followed all over again.

FYI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haijin

[themodelplumber]

Wow, I didn't realize that Japan had mimicked this sea ban. I only knew about the Japanese version.

But how could such a move be reconciled with China's recent expansion into global politics?

[pcr0]

That was a totally different China. Since then there was the communist cultural revolution and then "capitalism with Chinese characteristics" which is where China is currently.

[sven-67]

Given the ever increasing amount of garbage on the Western internet being pumped into peoples minds 24*7 I find it incredulous that people believe the western internet is an healthy environment that fosters creativity. People including the best in society seem to be spending much more of their time reacting to information overloading their minds. At least the Chinese are doing something about it. The west has it head deep in the sand.

[mistermann]

Well, it certainly seems to be working, as most western countries seem to be coming apart at the seams, China continues its breathtaking transformation.

[Baeocystin]

Don't mistake a curated highlight reel for ground truth.

I used to live in China when I was a kid. There are vast aspects both wonderful and terrible that never seem to make themselves known in the Western world. China has tremendous potential. It also has deep, systemic problems with no easy solution (or even a solution at all) in sight.

[coldtea]

So just like any other country, which is amazing for a 1.x billion behemoth.

[Baeocystin]

No. Amplified. The problems we're having in the West, even today, are a hangnail compared to the societal-structural issues currently facing mainland China.

[mistermann]

Can you give any examples? Undoubtedly there are still numerous problems, but is it not just that they can't fix the entire country simultaneously, and some areas just have to wait their turn?

[_ptgt]

One of the biggest (possibly THE biggest) economic issue facing China in the near future is a demographic crisis resulting from the One Child Policy. A large part of China's economic growth has been the result of the growth of its workforce. Historically, Mao believed "people are power" and encouraged high birth rates--leading to China's gigantic present-day population. This has worked out great in making China an attractive place to manufacture.

As a reaction to the population explosion though, the CCP imposed the One Child Policy in 1980 (1979?). Consequently, China will now start to face the aging and shrinking workforce problem that has slowed Western economies in recent years--except China's version of the problem will be MUCH worse due to the extreme nature of its fertility swings. In fact, I believe the size of China's labor force hit its peak a few years ago.

In addition to the shrinking workforce, a historically rapidly aging society will have to face an explosion in healthcare costs... which tend to be a drag on the economy (though are obviously necessary). Furthermore, China doesn't have the retirement home infrastructure that the West has, which will absolutely need to expand as China has a huge retiring population who have few children compared to the rest of the world.

[em3rgent0rdr]

Rich poor divide. Transportation. Pollution. Environment. Ethnic separatism/unrest. Energy. Public Health. Rights of criminally accused. And a not quite as well refined legal system...for instance I was reading about how drivers who accidentally hit a pedestrian are actually incentivise to backup to make sure to kill the pedestrians. And the social acceptance and ability to talk freely about social issues in public forums.