[badpun]

I'd say it's a country that builds a ton of infrastructure, at the expense of living standards of common people. The money from infra has to come from anywhere, and an all-powerful central government can just redirect the stream from consumer spending into building out infrastructure. Whether Chinese are happy about it, you'd have to ask them.

[tartoran]

The US is not building infrastructure at the expense of living standard of common people. Ask Americans if they're happy about it.