I've been living with chinese expats and what you say is not true, you have seen just what you call as the urban china, outside shanghai and all the urban establishments china is a big mess.So please don't glorify a failed system.Yes china has made big achievements , so has germany under hitler, autocratic regimes can make quick decisions and bring change fast. The impact those regimes leave on the minds and consciousness of the people are more damaging than any progress can justify.However i don't justify the tirade many silly people accuse about the chinese, that they are subhuman, dishonest,treacherous etc. Those are just racial bigotry and nothing else.The chinese government itself understands the problems and they are trying to make china an open society by gradually easing out the restraints.So i won't be surprised if china becomes a democracy in another 10 years. If china becomes a democracy it's growth rate will slow down but it will have a more friendly society.
