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by FooBarWidget 1694 days ago
That assertion rests on the assumption that the Chinese government is like a mafia family. That premise requires evidence. As I mentioned in another reply to you, I disagree with this premise and I gave my reasons why.

I even question the assertion that no one is allowed to gather data about the government's conduct or performance. The research "Sources of Authoritarian Responsiveness: A Field Experiment in China" [1] did exactly this.

[1] https://china.ucsd.edu/_files/pe-2014/10062014_Paper_Jen_Pan...