What you can say in China

You can say a lot, like this list of problems for example:

中国的贪官之多，准为世界第一，虽然没有精确数据，想来亦无大错。- China is world champion corruption
中国的官吏数量，是世界第一。4000多万公务人员，放到世界上，是一个不少的国家。 China has more bureaucrats than any other country; 40000000
中国的行政成本，也是世界第一。最近几十年来，财政收入增长28倍，而行政费用从不到50亿扩张到近万亿，增长了上百倍。China's administration is the most expensive
中国的公款消费，铁定世界第一。国家信息中心的统计数据显示，2004年度，公款吃喝3700亿，公车消费3986亿，公款出境旅游2400亿，三项合计已逾万亿大关，占当年财政收入的40%。Official expenses consume 40% of government spending, or 398600000000 yuan per year
中国的事故数量、死亡数量，是世界第一。China has the most accidents and death from accidents
弄虚作假，搞“山寨版”，肯定也是世界第一。China is the world number one for fakery and piracy

What you can't do is say that all these problems are caused by the one party dictatorship.


I got this while I was reading about a new book called Zhongguo Meng,http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4fc406940100h0h4.html?tj=1 (China Dream), which is by a professor at a military school in China. The book includes some of the usual myths about China's peaceful rise, eg China has never invaded another country. This statement never fails to astonish me, especially from someone who should know better. I call it the victim myth