The point about population is commonly overlooked! What's more, China doesn't seem to have a strong basis of values (religious or otherwise) other than what th

The point about population is commonly overlooked! What's more, China doesn't seem to have a strong basis of values (religious or otherwise) other than what the government applies by force. This is how you end up with people willing to take insane ethical leaps to make meager sums of money and discount the wellbeing of fellow citizens etc etc. At this point the CCP actively re-write their own religious grounding and at times willingly erase cultural tenants. I also think it's incredibly important to outline that *positions / beliefs of the CCP should not necessarily be conflated with the people of China*. For a point of comparison, many mischaracterize how a large portion of conflict in the middle east has actually been intellectually driven by a deeply seated notion of agency along side belief structures. That said, the middle east even "tyrannical" countries like Iran have religious figures who think deeply about the direction of their dogma. This is something that appears to be completely absent in modern China.