This is a Communist country, which means you do not own anything, everything belongs to the people / government. However the Grand Experiment did not work out, the country was in steep poverty and despair, so smartly, Chairman Deng kept his mouth shut until madman Mao died, and then instituted the ‘signal left but turn right’ policy. Quietly, everyone went back to capitalism. Somethings are eternal. The Chinese will always, for several thousand years now, do business, make money, grow tea, bribe very corrupt government officials. Vast corruption will never change. The word for official has two mouths. That means they have more say than you do.
You can buy property nowadays too, but you get to own it for 90, no wait, 50, no, wait, 60, years…? The regular Chinese person has lost track. The government changes policy constantly. I said that’s called ‘lease’, not ‘buy’, if you can only have it for a limited and ever changing amount of time. Besides, technically you still can not ‘own’ anything in China. You don’t own your own shirt.
When Confucius meets Karl Marx, watch out! Complete chaos is to put it lightly.
Above photo: the eternal blanket of grey smog completely smothering every city.
Heading out to Phoenix mountain, will hold my breath till then.
