I've traveled to China ~5x [0], visited a range of cities Tier 1-3 over a collective 5 months, and grew up in the USA. I also currently live in Vietnam (~3.5 years) and spent 5.5 years working for a Singaporean company and a team stationed in Beijing.

I don't really know how else to express my experiences living in, working with, and interacting with people in both of these countries.

Perhaps you can share how life was like for you in China? Which cities were you in? What made you feel that way about China?

[0] - not including HK (~7 trips?) or TW (3 trips)

It's not a secret that China is run as an authoritarian dictatorship. Xi Jinping cannot be ousted in an election. He appointed himself for life, and regularly purges anyone who might usurp his power. They don't have a functioning democracy. Are you seriously disputing any of this?

None of this excuses issues with American democracy.

I mean we shouldn’t pretend China isn’t run by a 1 party authoritarian state. It is. And it uses that absolute power how and when it pleases.

Bot account?

> I’d love to live in the USA you’re talking about friend.

You already do! Remember when Musk released an anti-woke model?