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I wonder how much the Chinese people will have to endure before they get a better government.

• Udik 7y ago
  The government of China gave them forty years of peace and breakneck economic growth. To the point that Americans have gone all nationalistic because China is surpassing the US in various fields of technology. Besides that, while I understand that freedom and democracy are important, it's not like Chinese are living under stalinism. World tourism destinations are packed of happy Chinese tourists, US and European universities and companies are full of Chinese nationals (many of whom say they want to eventually go back to China to "give back" and contribute to its growth), and Chinese have access to all the consumer goods that make our lives happy. This is more than you can say of many countries that started from where China started only a few decades ago.