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You're kind of ignoring the giant elephant in the room - China is a authoritarian regime, and Emperor Xi recently declared himself Emperor for Life. Criticize Emperor Xi and be sent to the gulag. Not to mention the new dystopian Chinese Social Credit System. Did we forget about the millions of deaths resulting from the Cultural Revolution? Is China a country you would choose to live in for the rest of you life? How about your children?

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This is the exact opposite of what an 'elephant in the room' is.

Webster:

>Definition of elephant in the room : an obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging

Your comment is not saying anything new that hasn't been repeated ad nauseam already. Your comment is not enlightening anyone about the hitherto unknown great evils of China. Any topic remotely involving China will illicit dozens of responses such as yours with the exact same hysterical, copy-pasted examples. The fact is, people can't seem to stop discussing or acknowledging the problems or issues mentioned - which is fine I guess, but they are certainly not the elephants in the room you describe them to be.

"Elephant in the room" may not have been the best term—but what he was reacting to was that the GP specifically doesn't mention China's authoritarianism.

That is the issue I have with China, not some east vs west superiority complex.

Must every sentence containing the word China also include the word authoritarianism?

No. However, it should be included in any post discussing the reason many western nations are uncomfortable with China's position on the world stage.

I think you are the exact kind of people mentioned by gp

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