This is a very thought provoking account about conditions in China. I found it very interesting reading, and this is why I reblog it here:
Today, I will talk about China.
(original broadcast can be found at BlogTalkRadio and Podbean)
People’s Republic of China
For centuries China lead the world in arts and sciences. In the 19th and early 20th centuries that changed as the country encountered civil unrest, famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After WWII, Mao Zedong rose to power as a communist establishing an autocratic socialist system – this ensured China’s sovereignty, but imposed strict controls over everyday life and ended up costing tens of millions of lives. After 1978, Mao’s successor, Deng Xiaoping and other leaders focused on a more market-oriented economy and by the year 2000 economic output had quadrupled. This resulted in much of the population seeing much improved living standards, along with relaxed governmental controls over personal choice – as a note, even though more freedoms exist, political controls are still very tight today. Since the early…
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AuntyUta 
Interesting article. If I had a choice I would rather visit China than America. Friends of ours and my brother have visited China and they loved it. A miracle how they have pulled hundreds of millions out of poverty in such a short time.