No, you are wrong. In China your house/apartment/land can be aqquired at the whim of some jumped-up public official ( often corruptly involved with a property developer ) and there is little recourse. I know people who have been forcibly removed from their land and recieved little or no compensation. This can't happen in the West where there is plentiful media scrutiny, and where the public fight back. Many infrastructure projects, or even shopping centres don't proceed back home because of public opposition. As you know, in China there is no freedom of the press, the majority of the media outlets, eg, television, newspapers, are state owned. Also no freedom of speech. Why do think Chinese are so scared to speak out and stand up for their rights? Maybe you have heard the word "prison" before?

China safer? Tell that to foreigners in China who have been punched in the face for no reason, or for refusing the advances of Chinese men. As far as theft goes and house robberies, China is not safer, that's for sure! Also, if you are a scammer in China you are much more likely to get away with it. I have complained about scammers here, even put their names and adresses all over the internet and on multiple e-mail cc's, and nothing seems to ever happen, even when the police know about it.