If those in power have absolute control of your currency, have fun opposing them without large numbers of deaths.
Why can't we offer universal health care? why China did?
There is a lot of debatable things China did, but when it comes to its citizens, they are properly taken care off to move forward
From a poor emerging country to a developed one in record time, you have to be a strong collective and have the support of your own people to achieve this feat
Our model of society stagnated, we must reinvent ourselves to move forward, otherwise we are headed towards dark times
Except for Uyghur citizens apparently, unless of course they have drastically mangled the meaning of 'taken care of' beyond all recognition. The same if you're a Falun Gong member, or a dissident, or said anything bad about Dear Leader, or complained about the wrong corrupt business entity, or have a low social credit score for whatever reason, etc. If this nightmare is 'moving forward', then I prefer 'dark times' thank you very much.