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Hmmm...dont think so. We do need to be better at long-term thinking, but I prefer to be able to criticise my politicians when they deserve it, without fear of jail or murder.
Chinese autocracy cost thousands of lives worldwide by suppressing the start of the Wuhan C-19 Epidemic. They even jailed the doctor who raised the alarm and who subsequently "died" at age 33.
No thanks.
Criticism ignored is as helpful as a screen door in a submarine. And we know what happens when it is not ignored in regard to the whistle blower laws. I agree with your summary of the Chinese autocratic system and human rights issues. But find it difficult to get to moved when our democratic governments have put our military into questionable situations over the years that have cost lives for very questionable reasons.