Served Chinese entrepreneurs but that isn&#x27;t the same thing as served the Chinese people.<p>For instance, at the time when Google was kicked out of China essentially leaving their market a Baidu monopoly, Baidu lacked many useful features of Google especially if you wanted to search for non-Chinese websites (e.g. if you were a scientist wanting to do international research). The PRC didn&#x27;t care. Having a pliable and controlled &#x27;captain of industry&#x27; in the form of the Baidu founder was a more important goal to them, than the convenience of their own people.<p>Repeat that story a million times and you have an economy that looks superficially strong but makes its people miserable .... oh wait no it doesn&#x27;t, because the censorship and language barriers ensure most people have no idea what they&#x27;re missing out on.