[Chronic30]

Beijing routinely sends it's military to remote regions and kills thousands of people (usually Muslims) and it never hits the world news.

Beijing also prevents information (as well as people) flowing from one part of the country to another, both physically and digitally, to prevent outbreaks (typically against the government).

These are just two examples. Please tell me how Beijing is alleviating oppression.

[lancewiggs]

The dramatic lowering of the number of people living in poverty in China is one of the world's greatest recent achievements. The rise of China has delivered a lot to the world, and even more to China. It's not without problems, but those in turn are solveable in time.

[fatjokes]

> Beijing routinely sends it's military to remote regions and kills thousands of people (usually Muslims) and it never hits the world news.

Citation? Unrest in Xinjiang seems to rank pretty high on NYTimes' headlines.