“ ‘Provincial governments in China send their brightest officials to Singapore to learn the secrets of its ‘success’. For Russian politicians it too provides a useful model. These countries, and others in Asia and the Middle East are proving that the free market does not require a free society in which to thrive, and that in any battle between politics and economics, it is the latter that will win out.’
Honestly it doesn’t feel that much more oppresive here than it does in the US. I have heard that if you try to form any kind of gathering that even looks like a protest though that you will be sent immediately to jail. I’ve also seen cops beat up bicycle riders in NYC though. The fact that they announce when you land at the airport here that the penalty for drug possession is death is pretty scarry though.
3 years ago