There are pros and cons to every country.

I thought it would be good to stack some pros about Chinese society against the negatives of British society.

In China, people are more health-focused than they are in UK Countries. Especially among elderly people.

It's rare to see old people outside early in the morning or even in the early evening exercising in a public space in UK Countries.

However, in China, elderly people often go for a run or a walk. Some practice Tai Chi, and similar activities to bring calm and order to their minds.

Many women participate in "Square Dancing". Men don't do this though.

It's just a group of women who go to a large public space and dance together to music, mostly synchronised.

Males usually play basketball or use public fitness equipment to keep fit.

I have never seen a frail elderly person with a stick in all of the 7 places I have been in China since February 2018.

There are some frail old people walking, but they are always accompanied by someone in their family; possibly their sons, daughters or grown grandchildren.

How often do we see that in my country? Not often; we dump them in care homes when they become a burden to us.

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Next up is waste and reuse:

In my country, it's illegal to go through another person's bins or enter their front garden to take something that's been discarded.

As I was growing up some of the old systems were still in place, where someone would come and collect cardboard from outside people's houses; some would take glass and metal as well.

That does not happen anymore because people don't want people going through their bins and want the civilised image where the council are the ones who come on a set day in an orderly fashion to collect the waste. This is why there is so much waste.

The scrap metal collectors may still come by though?

However, in China, things are very different. Some elderly people are keen to earn extra money when they retire.

Therefore, a small group of them go around looking through the bins, or beside the bins for cardboard and recyclable materials.

They collect what they find and store it until they get the required amount. Then, they weigh it and take it on a scooter or a Scooter with a trailer where they can then sell it.

Materials are recycled and given a new life. There are also repair shops here and even machine shops.

China has a far more circular economy than any western nation as many western nations have moved away from the repair and reuse ideologies and adopted the "buy new then throw away" thinking instead.

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Where is the Rubbish?

In my country I often find rubbish thrown into hedges, or discarded along the side of the road somewhere. It's far worse along motorways where people throw rubbish out of the car window.

There are also overflowing rubbish bins in almost every town and city that the council are too lazy to empty often. They blame underfunding, but really anybody can be motivated to do the job they already hold.

It's a great shame for my country and yet the problem has been ignored for over a decade. It's been exacerbated by the EU nationals who drink alcohol in public parks, then discard their alcohol and take away containers on the grass or by trees or benches.

Now, in China. You never see an overflowing bin. You never see litter discarded by the side of the road. You never see chewing gum stuck to the pavement. All the motorways are clean and tidy, not a single piece of litter anywhere as people do not throw rubbish out of the windows of their cars.

In fact, any grass or plants are always well maintained for many miles within the city limits.

There are many public service workers looking after the bins and streets.

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Residencies:

I am sure you have heard of gates communities. They are often for rich people though.

However, in China Residencies are common for people whether they have money or not. Though, what a residency looks like, how they are maintained usually depend on the value of the property inside the residencies.

Some are run down and have no public spaces. Others have spaces and are well maintained.

Those that are well maintained have good security in place with a good rotation of security cards monitoring people and cars coming into and out of the residencies.

Every household member has to be registered to the residency management office. You have to also state what you use a property for as well.

This means it's much safer for people to live.

It's far less likely for a child predator to grab your child in a well-maintained residency, and you won't have ASBO (Anti-Social Behavioural Order) teens loitering around your house looking for a fight unlike in my country where that's quite common in places closer to London.

Overall, my country has started to decline on a societal and governmental level. Whereas, China is developing and taking over where the west is failing; they still have a long way t go, but it's a start.