Reading your phrase &quot;controlled media&quot; made me think of the 200-some news articles telegraphing the recent Fed rate increase, months ahead of the actual event.  Controlled or not, the Fed knows how to use the media to achieve the Fed&#x27;s goals.<p>Believing the proposition that one can control something as complex as an economy requires a certain amount of arrogance and&#x2F;or hubris, neither of which are in short supply in the States.  But from one naïve American&#x27;s perspective, the Chinese leadership act like it&#x27;s their divine right of nature.