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Comment by FooBarBizBazz

If the Chinese Communist Party really wants to score a win, it can offer a free apartment and residency to anyone from around the world who can pass certain (relatively achievable) minimum requirements (e.g., a college education or trade certification, plus kindergarten-level language skills).

I've already found examples of Australians who've responded to Australia's housing crisis by moving to rural China (one opened a restaurant serving an exotic dish called "pizza", made with a wood fired oven). If China really wants to subvert the West, it just needs to show Westerners that life is better under Chinese rule. Which, if they can offer apartments, they might be able to demonstrate.

We could use some competition in the government space. Without it, we can expect Western governments to remain captured by, in this case, homeowners.

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