people keep forgetting china has nothing to stop it except it`s own government . America on the other hand has alot of things that slows it.
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China's main barrier may be its government, but the government imposes order,without which there is not likely to be development. Investing in China is pretty risky, and would be a lot more so if not for the government. China has something as close to a planned economy as anyone has ever had in a capitalist system. The government of the US catches some company like Goldman Sachs or the B of A for selling mortgage securities as a safe investment and selling them short at the same time, and they get a small fine, paid by the investors with no admission of guilt. The same thing in China could easily result in the Execs responsible for this fraud for being taken out and shot.
I agree that the government holds the Chinese back, especially in matters of freedom of speech and self-governance. But at the same time, without the government providing some security, China could never maintain a growth rate of 9-10% annually.