It's easy to get things done when you answer to no one. > When they have a housing problem, they build more housing Often forcing residents to sell their land

It's easy to get things done when you answer to no one. > When they have a housing problem, they build more housing Often forcing residents to sell their land (which for many is their livelihood) at cut throat rates, and sending gangsters in to 'persuade' them when they refuse. Several have resorted to self-immolation in protest over the years.[1] > When they have an energy problem, they build hydroelectric dams Which devastates the local environment and that of neighbouring countries, and increases the chance of earthquakes.[2] [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/10/23/239270737/desperate-chinese-villagers-turn-to-self-immolation https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/10/23/239270737/... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/04/china-dam-hydropower-boom-rivers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/04/china-da...