[metalman]

There is truth in the statement that the CcP is more open than the US, counterfactual truth if you like but the CCP is in itself such a vast and diverse culture, that it has no choice but to be accomodating to many social,intelectual, language, and religious groups, and has technological and economic disparities that run the gamut from stone age tribes to the cities of the future. The CCP has one primary rule : dont mess with brand China. Everything is possible, except the things that involve foriegn or alien though and control. So there is no technological constraints in China,pattents and copyright are not weaponised, its still a meritocracy for business and intelectual achivement. The only reason they buy things from the west, is that we do those things better than them, closing those doors will only focus there , formitable, attention on achiving there well stated goals by whatever, pragmatic ,means are best. And we are closed to the idea of actual merit and competition, and instead limit creativity, and treat markets, as property.And are so so fucked.

[dividedcomet]

Accommodate religious groups??? They literally have forced re-education camps for minorities. This is off the wall crazy

[metalman]

And what? tumpy is set to make those same co- religion members, illegal, again! my point is that it's America that is sliping, relative to what it was, and that China has real advantages that will insulate it from almost anything that anybody can do. And let me be personal for a moment, in that amongst other heritage, my paternal grandmother was of Mongol origin, and it very very difficult to read about the banning of teaching Mongolian, and then there are many other sub-groups there in China, suffering a slow forced dissalusion. But that is ongoing, everywhere, like say the undermining(unintentional pun) of the Sami, the last semi nomadic indiginous population in Europe, who made the greavous mistake of spending the last 15000 years living on top of valuable minerals.