[hakka-nyu-su]

You say China joined the WTO "prematurely" which implies that certain economic conditions were not met, but the real hold-up was political: questions of liberalism vs Leninism, etc.

The Chinese people have gained enormously in terms of their standard of living since 2001, and while political repression has not gotten better, it also has not gotten worse.

[CodiePetersen]

I think better and worse are subjective. But the thought reconditioning camps, the concentration camps for the Muslims, and the forced propaganda app are in my opinion pretty bad.

[chrischen]

You don’t win thought reconditioning with thought reconditioning.

[hakka-nyu-su]

Which "forced propaganda app" do you refer to: the Xi Jinping quotation study app that voluntary members of the Communist Party use to demonstrate promotability? https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/2186037/chinas...

[CodiePetersen]

"Party cadres across the country are now required to use the app every day and accumulate their scores, according to recent state media reports."