Originally Posted by
Dirt
Too true. I think one of the biggest propaganda myths that the Communist Party tells is what a great job they've done. Sure, the Mainland has the #2 GDP in the world now. However, if you take the important things like Purchasing Power Parity, life span, quality of life, etc, and you compare those to the other governments in the Sinosphere: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and even Singapore, the Communist Party has done the absolute worst job of all the governments the past 60+ years; Mainland China is still way behind. Even the Brits did better for Hong Kong and the Portuguese for Macau.