It doesn't. If anything China is teaching the world that it is perfectly possible to have thriving entrepreneurial spirit under censorship and surveillance. Thi

It doesn't. If anything China is teaching the world that it is perfectly possible to have thriving entrepreneurial spirit under censorship and surveillance. This would be hard to accept for people in western world but we are learning that not only democracy is overrated but also freedom of expression is not the pre-condition for the economic progress. Historically, we have had several authoritarian regimes where science, art and economy flurished and freedom of expression was limited. In fact, virtually all regimes before 1600s would fall in to this mold. The Grand China Experiment is showing cracks in our dearly help beliefs and frankly its quite scary.