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How do you measure competence? China plays whack-a-mole with its population. They certainly haven't eliminated dissent. They have the world's largest army as th
by unishark 5y ago
How do you measure competence? China plays whack-a-mole with its population. They certainly haven't eliminated dissent. They have the world's largest army as the only real backstop against opposition.
- powerapple 5y agoAs a Chinese, I say Chinese government is really bad at PR and competent in dealing with issues given the circumstances. As you know China has been living through something comparable to 1920 - 2000 in last 20 - 30 years. Any thing you just think would work will stop working the next year, they are far from perfect, but I think they are doing a pretty good job so far. I think it is less about competent. It is actually are you willing to set out policy to solve the problem but lose your popularity? Is government is ready to make the hard choice? People can only do that during war time.