That people dont have freedom at all in China is a Western myth designed to malign the nation as it is an economic rival.
WTF??
They do not have the freedom to remove the ruling commie party via the vote nor the freedom to criticize the regime via free speech
they have been murdering their citizens for 80 years in this evil failed experiment. They have only become an economic rival in the last 20 years
20 to 50 million (or more) of their own people. more dead bodies than the poster boy for evil , Hitler, and more than the monster Stalin
Are you going to give them a pass too ?
I agree there are human rights abuses committed by the Chinese government.
But western nations do it too.
Perhaps a bit less than China, but abuse is abuse.
a bit less / more?
a western politician who abuses human rights faces defeat by the citizens via the ballot box , criminal charges and prison
a Chinese politician who abuses human rights faces a promotion within the party, increased wealth and power provided the abuses aligns with party objectives
Without freedoms there can be no economic success.
This is where the discussion should have come to a full stop
The Soviet Union is a good example of this.
They left behind economic ruin.
China is not in this category.
Wrong
China imported the commie ideals from the Soviet Union
The fact there is economic success means there is freedom.
Again, no it does not
Without the right to remove the rulers via the vote it is not freedom
Without the right to remove the rulers via the vote it is not freedom
Without the right to remove the rulers via the vote it is not freedom
May be not the freedoms of expression we have, but their people are okay with it.
WTF ???
The people are OK with it because they know they stop breathing if they are not
Murdering 20 to 50 million (or more) of the citizen's tends to ensure compliance
So for all intents and purposes, China is a resounding and emphatic success story.
No it is a very sad disaster and its just plain evil
Just look at the body count