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"a high level of respect for property rights" <---this is a joke right?

This all depends on where you live and who you are, especially in China!

Nothing to see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWSh9MGNZPo

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"China Insights" specializes in promoting anti-China propaganda. When the primary intent is clearly to smear, it's not a good source for insights. That aside, no, why would you consider you this to be a joke? Have you heard of eminent domain? Or civil forfeiture? Or simply raiding people's bank accounts? These are all concepts used by Western states to steal property which China does not have. China does have the concept of freezing bank accounts without a court ruling, and this power is indeed regularly abused with respect to private (as opposed to corporate) bank accounts. However, freezing is temporary not the same thing as confiscation. To confiscate assets a court ruling is needed.

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This reply is so typical of pro-China propaganda, slander the West, and ignore the obvious injustice all over the mainland.

If you can't even protect the remains of the dead, what can you protect,?

Nobody would dare mess with Mr. Floyd's grave site, even if he was a career criminal,

"No Justice, No Peace"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCKN55tm6Zc

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Is there any country without injustices?

When we say that China has a "high level of respect" for property rights, this can only be meaningful in comparison with systemic practices in other countries. So if you want to make a case that China does NOT have a "high level" of respect for property rights, you would need to compare common practices in China with, say, those in the United States, Germany and the UK. (Common practices refer to well documented procedures, not anecdotal claims in a Youtube video!) We would argue that among industrialized countries, the existence of civil forfeiture alone ranks the USA close to the bottom of the scale in terms of respect for property rights.

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One common thread in all countries is that criminals don't follow laws, often times they are recruited by government agencies, especially if there isn't a public record of their crimes.

In China there are plenty of "thugs" that operate outside of the legal system which are often "employed" to coerce anyone that attempts to use the legal system to seek justice.

The fact remains, regardless of existing legal framework "dirty deeds" are indeed done "dirt cheap" in China!

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You are certainly correct that government often attracts the psychopaths, the moochers and other criminal elements, and that the government machinery is inevitably abused for private gain. In China, it is well known that in most Chinese provinces the police and mafia can be found working together. However, there is a balance there, and when it gets pushed too far there is usually pushback, as in the Tangshan case last year. Moreover, you can use the system to seek justice, and.... just as is the case in most other countries... it does work sometimes, depending on how you play your cards ;)

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I am really happy that I met you guys in Twitter, I was looking for a clear perspective of China, a country I love.

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always easy to steer the ship during clear weather - the storm is when you find out how good your leadership really is. the world is going to depend less and less on the worlds biggest factory as AI and 3D printing fill most needs locally - so the attention shifts to the countries with raw materials.

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For mass production, I suspect you may have to wait a while for 3D printing to replace traditional automated production technology. And even if it did, we can guess that China would likely be able to become a world leader in this technology, as well. So is that really a threat?

Be that as it may, you are indeed correct that times of crisis are the real test of leadership.

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yes, considering they are already printing parts for airplanes, and human organs, i'd say it is right around the corner. subtract all the logistics of getting items delivered from china and the storage of same and it will be hard to beat - 1-2 large 3d printers in each major city to start and no need to store so many parts of things - print them when they are needed.

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