Gregory's Server@yogthos @AgreeableLandscape Selection bias is irrelevant here, I only wanted to rebut the claim that I only get my information from "cherry picked media".
Of course people who left the country have a different impression of those who ended up staying there. And those who hang out in ML circles, for that matter. I'm well aware of that, and I hope you are too.
@ninpnin @AgreeableLandscape sure that's fair, but when you look at any actual statistics from China they show far higher levels of happiness and government satisfaction than pretty much anywhere in the west.
So, it's not just my biases or those of people who hang out in ML circles. This is the view of the vast majority of people who actually live in China.