China Sliding Backward

A nuclear world war can finish the civilization in 2 weeks

And yet people all buy lotto ticketsā€¦Live for today and worry about what you can controlā€¦Those living in fear of disaster are doomed to be miserableā€¦

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Thatā€™s the way people areā€¦ shallow and vain :rofl:

How many countries have term limit and how many not? I bet many more countries have no term limit.

Xi could be like Putin, Merkel, one from Russia and another from Germany.

Maybe term limit is an exception instead of a rule.

A dictator does not need a limit. Putin is a dictator. So is Xi. Donā€™t know about Merkel.

Dictators can be benevolent and wise, not all are bad. However, their minds eventually get corrupted by the boundless power they hold.

Hope Merkel doesnā€™t become a dictator for EU. Is Singaporeā€™s Lee a dictator?

People need to be vigilant with ascertaining facts.

There is always a ā€œnarrativeā€ vs ā€œcounter narrativeā€, both/more than two are allowed with freedom of press. With an authoritarian govt/dictatorship you only get the ONE ā€œgovt factsā€. Itā€™s harmful IMO. For e.g. go to any Chinese search engine and search for ā€œTiananmen squareā€ and check out the ā€œgovt factsā€ you get back :slight_smile:

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Hasnā€™t the party she leads been elected by the people of Germany repeatedly?

& isnā€™t she having trouble forming a govt currently because her party + allies lost seats in the recent elections?

Hereā€™s Russiaā€™s GDP growth under Putin. He has been in power in 1999.

Stop smoking :smiley: ā€¦ (Since you live in a democracy) ā€¦ Joking

All top GDP/capita countries are democracies. So, examples of exceptions(authoritarian/dictatorships)/outliers(in statistics) isnā€™t the correct way to make a point.

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Hong Kong RE will be fine in the short run as money will continue to flow out of Mainland China (to the extent possible). Less than 30 years to go before Grand Poobah comes after you for goodā€¦actually probably much sooner at this rate.

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Well, at least they are not entirely negative, given Russiaā€™s declining demographics. Thatā€™s actually quite a feat.

yeah yeah low expectations leads to better perceptions of successā€¦ OR ā€œunderpromise & deliver/meet the underpromiseā€ :slight_smile:

Mainland police nowadays just grabs people off street and ship them to mainland North Korean style. Yeah donā€™t need to wait 30 years.

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wow.

Is this one of the reasons why Chinese/HKer citizens buy homes in Western countries(Canada+USA+others)?

They got grabbed only because they did something wrong. The police wouldnā€™t do anything to you if you are a good, law-abiding citizen, despite what the BLM proponents sayā€¦ :rofl:

HKers who can move already did. Many canā€™t afford to stay in US or Britain and chose cheaper countries like Taiwan.

Compared to mainland HKā€™s rule of law is still far superior. Many mainland tycoons bought properties and visas in HK. Tencent founder Pony Maā€™s family lives in HK.

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They were publishers and booksellers who dared to publish ā€œbadā€ material on Xi. Yeah, really bad people.

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Absolutely. They broke the law. Itā€™s called ā€œsubversionā€. Edward Snowden anyone? Right they should be jailed for that. :wink: