When the Lion Wakes: The Global Threat of the Chinese Communist Party

> Chinese citizens have been indoctrinated for decades with the idea that Party is country.

Not withstanding the huge amount of conjecturing ('Drunk with confidence'? very objective) in the article, I think this is the root of the problem. That people believe an entire set of the population could be brainwashed as in losing the ability to think, and that it can never happen to themselves. This leads to dehumanizing the other group and generates hatred. I don't think an average American is less likely to be influenced by indoctrination (from whatever source) then an average Chinese. While both will wholy believe in whatever they've chose/led to believe.

This aside, from the people I know from China, _none_ thinks that party is the country.

Outdated in the Hong Kong front as even she herself was surprised that emergency power is used. Dictatorship is now ruled in hk.

Remember Britain started its colonialism through commerce.