"China's certainly not perfect, and overall I think its political freedom is somewhat less than the U.S." Somewhat less? Freedom House gives the US a 1 (Free)

"China's certainly not perfect, and overall I think its political freedom is somewhat less than the U.S." Somewhat less? Freedom House gives the US a 1 (Free) and China a 7 (Not free): http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/press_release/fiw07_charts.pdf http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/press_release/fiw07_charts.pdf Look what Amnesty International say about Human Rights in China: http://web.amnesty.org/report2006/chn-summary-eng http://web.amnesty.org/report2006/chn-summary-eng