Packed with stats, well-written, pretty convincing.

PS: at the very least it may redress (by about 1%) the relentless stream of negative downer news posted by a certain other member of this community.

Honest question to mindless downvoters: what do YOU think this community is for? Is it for “Genuine news and discussion about China” (as it claims to be)? Or is it just to provide a daily quota of stories (almost all posted by one person) about oppression, environmental destruction, repressed Uighurs, suffering Tibetans, dangerous AI, perfidious spying, more Uighurs, more Tibetans, more oppression, and so on and on? Do you really think that there is literally nothing positive (or even neutral) to say about this country of 1.4 billion people? Have you even been to China? Did you even READ this article? (silly question). And what is the point of a “discussion” community monopolized by a single member who seems to have the same understanding of “discussion” as the editor of the Global Times?

So many questions, but I remain genuinely mystified.

But it now occurs to me that almost nobody is even reading this. People are not even clicking on the post before downvoting, let alone the article. A sad reflection of the state of social media.