The system working as intended.

I think a decent measure is GDP growth rate divided by GDP per capita. I don’t have the numbers on hand but China is above average in both absolute and PPP.

Lack of public “third places”, car-centric infrastructure and lack of mixed-use zoning, lack of communal living, etc.

“Why are men so lonely?”

It would be hilarious if there’s a repeat of the Cold War arms race, but the US goes bankrupt this time

But line still go up, so economy good!

They achieved their goals of debt trapping Ukraine and cucking Germany. Who cares about victory?

In our democracy, we have freedom of speech.

It probably didn’t send the message he was thinking of

I’m a little concerned about how badly China is losing the optics war on this conflict. As far as I know, you can’t really pin the blame on either side here. But if you go to the comments of any YouTube videos on this such as SCMP, seems everyone is supporting India and talking trash about China, especially commenters from Vietnam and the Philippines.