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Originally Posted by highthief
You're chances, as foreign tourist, of being tossed into a "death camp" as you call it in China, are infintesimal. China is stark raving mad (in a happy, jolly way) over foreign tourism and investment.
Meanwhile Mother Russia continues to suffer terrorist attacks that, in their accumulated kills and property losses, make 9/11 look like a day at the damn beach, all while the Russian Mafia bleeds the people dry.
China is on a much better path than Russia.
Sorry for the threadjack.
The architecture is very nice, most of it built with foreign investment.
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I have been to China in the last year and I agree with highthief here. You wouldn't even think you are in a communist country if you were there. The only reminder of communism I saw was one sign on a highway with a hammer and sickle on it. I felt very safe in China.
What they are doing to the country is remarkable...at least in an economic sense. If you compare to where China was at during the dark days of the Cultural Revolution a mere 40 years ago, or even 20 years ago, the progress is amazing.
The human rights issues are a definite sticking point. But, to the best of my knowledge, most companies over there are not government controlled, so why punish the people for the ills of their government? Because of foreign investment and internal economic factors, the quality of life for many Chinese has greatly improved.