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[quote=APAULT,241761]Sorry Griz but I think your view is superficial.  You are not allowed to own a motorbike or even an environmentally friendly electric bike in some Guangdong cities.  You must pass a politics exam to go to continue university esucation.  You may dicuss political issues up to a point but may not openly cjhallenge the government view or act on them.  And most of my students couldnt even if they wanted to because they have only been taught one view.  Police are not needed on the streets becausse people have been taught what is acceptable and abide by it.  This is not a criticism of the Chinese way, just some examples which counter your view.

Not all freedoms are in the public interest.  In the USA you have the freedom to own guns...China sensibly does allow  this freedom to its people.  In China we have the freedom to deprive others of fresh air while smoking in public places, harm children my blowing smoke in their faces...... but I hope and expect that China will follow the trend in due course and these freedoms will be taken away, giving a new freedom to the majority who are non smokers.

I forget which of the old phiosophers said 'man is born free, but everywhere is in chains'.  The point is we must give up some individual freedom for the benefit of the whole society.  If we don't we have pure anarchy.

In some quiet cities there are many police patrolling the streets in the evenings and early night... fine if that is what the society wants, I am only saying Griz that .....that you need to come back again and see some more !!! :)
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