I do think shortening things up a bit would have really benefited it. We had a group discussion of this and some folks were a bit surprised that it didn’t get into the beaurocracy that tends to be a part of the Chinese underworld. I’m not up to speed on Chinese lore, so can’t say much myself.
I enjoyed it mostly. It was not my favorite, but it was a fun twist on grad school life.
Can’t it be both? Can’t it be that there is higher life quality and also the regime can be bad? I mean I feel like there’s room to criticize both. And then reflect back on one’s own country.