Perhaps, but a brutally suppressed population doesn’t tend to be a very productive one. Not saying it won’t happen, but I don’t think it’s a clear cut as you m

Perhaps, but a brutally suppressed population doesn’t tend to be a very productive one. Not saying it won’t happen, but I don’t think it’s a clear cut as you make it, and I think the CCP are smart enough to know that. They already do an astonishingly good job of treading the line between an authoritarian government that exploits it population for wealth, and one that empowers its populations for productivity and even greater wealth.