Chinese people themselves don’t seem to regard the West as having a relatively inefficient govt—their rationale for defending their system is economic and physical security https://sci-hub.tw/10.1177/1354066119850253
Studies on relative economic inefficiency of Chinese state owned enterprises, cited in OP
General perception gleaned from the opinions of informed China watchers, e.g. https://twitter.com/Scholars_Stage
Chinese people themselves don’t seem to regard the West as having a relatively inefficient govt—their rationale for defending their system is economic and physical security https://sci-hub.tw/10.1177/1354066119850253
Studies on relative economic inefficiency of Chinese state owned enterprises, cited in OP
Chinese AI not as good as the hype https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/deciphering-chinas-ai-dream/
Despite ballyhoo about surveillance and precise social engineering, they are still relying on old fashioned brutalities to pacify Xinjiang