> in light of news of widespread NSA surveilance and changes over last year the USA ain that far behind.

Oh I see, so we can just generalise about any country because the US is doing horrible things.

> It didnt take long for members of the Ministry of Truth to popup and try to "reeducate" readers regarding my earlier comments.

More wumao bullshit. Just because someone doesn't buy into the US constructed narrative of "US is good, cares about it's people and the environment, China is evil and just wants to control the world" they have to be Chinese shills...

How about showing me some data that proves I'm wrong?

EDIT: Here is some that shows I'm right:

http://www.gapminder.org/world/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly...