[Mick]

In both China and the US, lockdowns were relatively early options.  In China, the lockdowns were more limited geographically but much, much tighter than the US lockdowns.

Regardless of official Chinese posturing, you can find many average Chinese who are happy with their government's performance (particularly if they weren't among those tightly locked down).  They don't have much respect for the failure of the US (judging from videos circulating on Social media sent from China to the US).  Many Americans have friends and family in China posting videos of their big dinner parties in Shanghai, etc.

China is a great country.
I'm sure we all wish we could be like China, be governed like the population in China, and have family dinners like they do in Shanghai.

Agreed.  Not sure what my favorite part of China is.  Might be the persistent IP theft.  Or the Uigher enslavement/jailing.  Could be the severe pollution-- I fondly remember the "mist" in the Beijing Olympics.  The incessant cybercrime and spying.  The eradication of human rights.  So much to admire.

[Mick]

In both China and the US, lockdowns were relatively early options.  In China, the lockdowns were more limited geographically but much, much tighter than the US lockdowns.

Regardless of official Chinese posturing, you can find many average Chinese who are happy with their government's performance (particularly if they weren't among those tightly locked down).  They don't have much respect for the failure of the US (judging from videos circulating on Social media sent from China to the US).  Many Americans have friends and family in China posting videos of their big dinner parties in Shanghai, etc.

China is a great country.
I'm sure we all wish we could be like China, be governed like the population in China, and have family dinners like they do in Shanghai.

Agreed.  Not sure what my favorite part of China is.  Might be the persistent IP theft.  Or the Uigher enslavement/jailing.  Could be the severe pollution-- I fondly remember the "mist" in the Beijing Olympics.  The incessant cybercrime and spying.  The eradication of human rights.  So much to admire.