1. a few rich people control the entire political process by buying out politicians. in china, the politicians control the rich people, so they become rich ins

1. a few rich people control the entire political process by buying out politicians. in china, the politicians control the rich people, so they become rich instead - i don't think this is much better. 2. where there are frequent shootings and you are never safe due to some idiotic Constitutional amendment. shootings are lower, but violence and crime are still a pretty big problem. 3. where regularly unarmed minorities are shot dead by the police and the majority jury allow them to go unpunished. the chinese government's treatment of 'xiaosu mingzu' (officially recognized minorities) is absolutely reprehensible as well. perhaps not to the level of the american indians, and perhaps with military rather than police forces, but i don't see the big difference. 4. where there is no mandate to give workers paid leave include those with a newborn. i googled "chinese newborn leave" and ... yeah 5. where lobbies can force the government into war and destroy lives around the world. i guess within a socialist state lobbies are just different wings of the government. but i think you're misusing the precise term 'proxy war,' which is best applied to this point. here, china is beginning to exert its capital and buy influence among poorer countries esp. in africa. having these sorts of allies (read: puppets) sets china up well for the eventual proxy battles over africa's national resources. 6. where there is a high rate of incarceration, primarily due to the motivation of a proxy war against a certain group of people. yes, USA is between 5-7x higher than china in terms of incarceration. but china is significantly more ... liberal with its use of the death penalty. 7. where the child abuse death rate is one of the highest in the world. i direct you to point 4 above. 8. where life is just a gamble where you have "opportunity" to become super rich at the expense of everyone else? welcome to late capitalism (and very few people even get that opportunity)