> I don't think China's growth has much to do with their 'iron fist governing', but more with the fact that: You're almost certainly correct, but I've had more

> I don't think China's growth has much to do with their 'iron fist governing', but more with the fact that: You're almost certainly correct, but I've had more than one Internet argument about the viability of democracy in which "China/Singapore is doing really well!" was brought in as a trump card. The article's point is less that China is any kind of proof and more than it is perceived to constitute proof.