What the hell is China?

Is it socialist? Is it capitalist?

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/02/china-says-it-will-respond-to-delisting-of-telecom-giants.html

Is it super-successful? Or just hyper-exploitative?

Is it totalitarian? If so, what do its billions of citizens really think about having no political choice?

Should we be supporting the Hong Kong protesters? Some US leftists say they’re funded by the CIA.

China is beloved by manufacturers all over the world for providing non-unionized, highly regimented cheap labor. Is the situation as oppressive as it sounds?

Is it unfair in its trade practices, as Trump has said? How long can the trade deficit situation go on (everything “Made in China”)?

Analyses by Western pundits tend to focus on economic, rather than human, issues. It’s very hard to get a sense of the quality of life among that one-fifth of humanity.