Comment by zozin

I am an immigrant. Yes I am white, but my grandparents faced famine at the hands of Communism and my parents were poor, just like yours. If you go further back in my family history I'm sure you'd find generation after generation of serfs. If it wasn't for America I probably wouldn't be posting on HN. If it wasn't for America I probably wouldn't be as educated and as wealthy as I am. My comment was directed at the principles that the CCP seems to embody, and not Chinese people themselves. The fact remains that if China led a unipolar world during my upbringing, my rise from son of a simple farmer would likely not have been possible because of the color of my skin/ethnicity. That is the problem I have with the Chinese system.