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Indeed. Visa free travel is great, but so many westerners, especially USAians don't even possess a passport. Realistically, most people here aren't going to be able to see for themselves what socialism can produce. Up until now, the CPC has avoided exporting propaganda. There's so much untapped potential to raise awareness, but the CPC is nothing if not pragmatic.
Indeed, and CPC might've made a calculation that the west isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. Focusing on nations that aren't already hostile to China is probably more practical. China can make it easy for westerners to come to China, but realistically only a tiny percentage of westerners are likely to actually go there. A lot of people in the west are so terrified by the propaganda that's been whipped up here that they think China might arrest them arbitrarily if they set a foot there. It's just not possible for China to compete with domestic brainwashing that's happening. On the other hand, countries that are politically friendly towards China don't have this problem.