[doctorpangloss]

Haha, ground level appeal in a one party government? How would you know? Of course someone likes China's system, but who? How do you know?

[lurk2]

He’s talking about shifting attitudes towards China online, not within China itself.

[toephu2]

Lookup China subreddits and on YouTube. Tons of Americans wish they could just pick up and move to China. Most Americans that visit China for the first time love it. It is pretty awesome. Have you been?

[overfeed]

What I've seen is visitors loving Chinese high speed rail and endless markets, but not loving the Great Firewall.

An average tourist visiting a country - any country - has a much rosier experience of the country than the average person living there long-term.