[Zhang Fei]

[Chinese have taboo topics, but almost none of them match our own Western taboo / PC topics.]

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I’d guess those mostly revolve around criticisms of the Party or its policies. My impression from reading English language news items is that the Party is worshiped by the majority.

There is very little recognition of the fact that somehow, even blue collar Chinese emigres with little or no education and no English somehow seem to do well overseas. The question is whether *any* of China’s development had to do with the Party’s rule, as opposed to its undoing of its past disastrous economic policies.

[BeauBo]

“The question is whether *any* of China’s development had to do with the Party’s rule”

Average GDP growth in Russia was higher the last 70 years under the Czars, then the 70 years under the communists.

Communism is a huge drag on any economy - the more it is tried, the worse things get, and the less it is applied, the better things get.