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Better than USA.
Not exactly.
Hukou issues -essentially a caste system. I was from a rural Hukou, I'm essentially "foreign" to the place I was born in (Guangzhou).
Job Competition -Too many people. It may or may not be a political issue, but its definitely a geographical one. 1.4 Billion people means its very difficult to get a job. That the reason why my parents, along with me and my older brother, immigrated to the US.
Food safety was a huge issue. At least pre-2025, the US had a much better enforcement of food safety policies.
A person of the majority racial group living in the US (non-hispanic white people), still have an easier life than a person of the majority racial group in PRC (Han-Chinese) living in China. Of course, the "benefit" of China is, most people are Han-Chinese so there is not much racial discrimination issues, but the Hukou is still a problem.
Emergency room care have to be pre-paid. Unlike the US, where the law requires hospitals to treat you in an emergency, in China you have to pre-pay before you receive care, even if its an emergency.
Things could change tho. If the US continues its fascism spiral, it could end up worse than China in the future.
Exactly. We don't know what the USA is right now so the devil you know is always better.
Oh trust me, I know the devil.
If I go back to China (which I no longer have citizenship in btw) I would immediately get arrested and jailed for anti-CCP speech while in the US.
So my choices is stay in the US (which I do have Citizenship in) and possibly get arrested sometime in the future.
Or attempt to claim jus sanguinis in PRC, which probably wouldn't work. And I would guaranteed to just end up in prison.
The truth is, neither the USA nor PRC is some kind of safe haven. The EU is the only remaining safe area left in the world.