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@kai I have moral objections to surveillance and other stuff yet China has many countries beat on a few measures: economic investment and reinvestment, large infrastructure projects, and some level of pragmatism in their governance (however cynical it may or may not be). No moral grandstanding and moralism—even my own—is going to change what nation-states are actually being competent right now in competitive global capital. And in the long-term I’m sure China will have its own imperialist projects. To tell you the truth I would rather Europe but many EU countries feel like they are teetering on the edge of becoming the same shitshow.