They have lower crime rates, more modern infrastructure, plentiful housing, lower cost of living (especially electricity), they're the place to be if you want to manufacture anything, affordable childcare, incredibly well educated doctors, many of the most incredible leisure and entertainment events in the world and they don't ban air conditioning.

So yeah, if I had to choose to live in a country where I had to toe the party line and bite my tongue when it came to political expression it would be China. At least they would be providing a high quality of life and a secure and peaceful society in exchange even if I had to deal with the negatives of being a minority in their country.

What objective measurement is that?

We have spent 20 years criticising China for the great firewall and control of social media, but now are adopting similar laws ourselves.

There is significant probability that China will have better quality of life than Europe in 2045 and that very little will be left of European liberties