For those of us here, trying not to drown in a sea of contradictions (at all levels, am telling ya), America under Trump looks like paradise.

Just to give you an idea of how the system here does not work at times, a large Chinese dairy company saw its market value dip by 90% (lost 4 billion!) in the last few days as its finance executive went MIA...

Of course, I don't buy Chinese stock, but such stories make me leery: things can fall quickly here.... Of course we are told that someone is holding the whole thing tightly together....

It's safer in China for an individual walking the streets. You might get some phlegm in your face if the Chinese bloke clearing his throat doesn't spot you but that's about all. Maybe drunks in USA are a lot nicer than English drunks and you won't get beaten to a pulp if you accidentally look at some bloke's girl- especially in a garrison town where you can get a good hiding from one of our own brave lads if he's had a bevy or three. You won't get Chinese squadies beating up on their own citizens or visitors- they wouldn't dare. Some lonely woman unescorted is overwhelmingly more likely to get gang-raped in the west. If you call 'freedom to walk the streets' unmolested a freedom then the Chinese are what??