I'm not sure you understand how much is unknown about China: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-about-china/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2

I'm not sure you understand how much is unknown about China: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-about-china/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-a... And don't forget that this lack of knowledge about the true state surely contributed to the famines that killed tens of millions of Chinese during the Great Leap Forward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine