[seanmcdirmid]

China promised us in 2010 that they would fix their pollution problem in 4 years. That didn’t happen.

Every 8 or so years there is another crackdown on corruption, as part of political housekeeping. Each time they say the problem is fixed, but then it comes back.

China is the worst example of “getting things done” if that is your standard. The central government has been less powerful than you would think historically. Now, is it “different this time”? Maybe, but it definitely wasn’t before.