Spent some time in China years ago. They are kinda communist light right now. Weird mix of capitalism and communism. Pollution is very rough in the cities, probably on the order of the US at the turn of the century with coal fired steel mills etc. However after also having travelled in the old soviet union, currently the Chinese people "appear" to be doing better now under communist light than the ex soviet people are. Not that it is saying much, but change is happening in china. I think the worry many on here have is the same as me. The Chinese people want to be americans so bad they can't stand it, and here our govt. seems to want to be Chinese so bad they cannot stand it. The Chinese people want less govt. restrictions and more freedom to make their own way and many in the US want govt. to pay their way and tuck them into bed at night.