There are low wages in China because the Chinese government allows corporations to do whatever it takes to build the economy, even if that means letting Western businesses treat workers in their Chinese factories like scum. Yes, the government of China is partially responsible for this, but not for the reasons you think. It's because they don't regulate big business ENOUGH. They've retreated from whatever twisted form of socialism they ever had, and are now giving special privileges to any company that they think can give the country a boost.

As for your idea of Chinese standards, there is religion. I saw Christian churches operating openly while I was studying in Yunnan province just a few months ago. Gun control is definitely strict there, which I don't like, but it's also completely pointless to bring that up because Obama hasn't actually done anything to promote gun control. Same with homeschooling. Don't get me wrong; China's government can be pretty evil when it wants to(Ai Weiwei, Tiananmen, Tibet, Falun Gong, etc.), but you've got a mental picture of the country that is nothing but propaganda and outdated inaccuracies.

Also, and I'm only going to say this once because I'm getting really tired of explaining it to conservatives who have never opened their Political Science 101 textbook, but HITLER WAS A FASCIST AND NOT A SOCIALIST. He said many things to pander to the German working class, but the way he ran the country was about as far away from socialism as you can get. Communists were sent to the gas chambers too, remember?

This is so aggravating. I love to argue politics but only if the person I'm arguing with can take some time to do a little damn research first!

It took me less than a minute to find a debunking of the Hitler = socialist thing:

http://historyandpolitics77.blogspot.com/2011/03/we-are-socialists-debun...

Short excerpt: "The mentioning of 'Socialist' was only propaganda. It is part of a larger section by Toland treating that subject and the attempt by the Nazi to develop support while weakening the other parties. Except for the racial policy and expansion, Hitler, when the party was first building its support, would say anything, no matter how disingenuous, to try and be attractive to every segment of the political society."

In other words, claiming to be a socialist doesn't necessarily make someone a socialist. It's actions that count, not words.