" So they are not driven with economic gain as such, or prosperity of "the one percent"" Yes, they are. Inequality is worse in China than in most Western demo

" So they are not driven with economic gain as such, or prosperity of "the one percent"" Yes, they are. Inequality is worse in China than in most Western democracies. They have more billionaires in Shanghai than New York (rougly, I may not be perfectly correct) and yet still 100's of millions in abject poverty. Here's the Gini coefficient: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2172rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... But this only measures stated wealth, it's much easier to hide wealth as a Chinese citizens than as a US citizen. Ask someone living in Vancouver.