Living in China and talking with many around me (not a representative sample since they all speak english), I agree: it's quite easy to see all this drama as an

Living in China and talking with many around me (not a representative sample since they all speak english), I agree: it's quite easy to see all this drama as an expression of jaleousy or ignorance from hypocritical westerners than an enlightened analysis of their condition. If for us the solution is to have the crime rate of the USA, the inefficiencies of Europe, or the slow death of Japan, it's hard for them not to prefer the glorious albeit maybe artificial paradise promised by their rulers.