[product50]

At least there are articles/opinions written down for what is happening in US which you can quote. For China, in many cases, you can't even do that given press/govt restrictions.

Also, to say that China has better human rights record vs. US is almost blasphemy. Why even quote that?

For the last point, what are you trying to say? Democracy doesn't work - lets all most to the communist model!? I know you are trying to be a the devils advocate, but using one off examples (while ignoring everything that China represents) to justify your points seems wrong.

[dilemma]

>At least there are articles/opinions written down for what is happening in US which you can quote. For China, in many cases, you can't even do that given press/govt restrictions.

Which Chinese news publications do you read?

[product50]

Doesn't matter. Read this: http://time.com/4310607/china-press-freedom-media-xi-jinping...

Also, are you really trying to say that press in China has unfettered rights to publish anything? This is a country which has a giant firewall to prevent users from reading news/articles critical of it published outside China.

[dilemma]

So you can't read Chinese and have never read a Chinese newspaper.