Very good post.
I would add a bit about the eating habits, and some history, FWIW.
There have been some major cock-ups in recent Chinese history. The cultural revolution is one. For example, Mao mobilized the nation to shoot birds from the sky to protect crops. With no natural preditors, there...
Problem is, China has never 'done' democracy. Clear out this lot and they will only replace it with some other despot. They love a despot, the Chinese. Maybe the next one will be religious. Then we're really ****ed.
And, to be fair, the ruling elite were responsible for sorting things out - it...