Chilcutt,

I get that they are improving the situation of some of their people from pathetic to something better but come on. I usually see your point but on this one you lost me. The control all sources of information. Speak out and you go to jail .. if you are lucky. The concept of freedom of religion or thought is alien. If the government wants you home, land or village for a project they take it and you have no recourse. How many mining accidents have they had? How many people get sick from the crap being spewed in the air and water due to lack of any regulation?

Yes I know you can find examples of these things in the US and abroad but they are more the exception than the rule. And yes there is huge bias in the US media against anything that the US is afraid of. Look how the media dealt with the USSR. China is probably not as bad as the western media makes them out to be but I know I would rather be here than there any day of the week.

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