[neither_color]

constant stream of complaints in the west

That's because we're more open and hyper-critical of our flaws and that's how awareness builds. Better than controlling the press to hide your flaws and only publishing good news.

[refenestrator]

I don't think I've seen a US/UK MSM article comparing China to us favorably in at least 5 years. Ive seen dozens or hundreds beating the drum against them..

It's a major coincidence for such a free press, right?

[LurkingPenguin]

> I don't think I've seen a US/UK MSM article comparing China to us favorably in at least 5 years. Ive seen dozens or hundreds beating the drum against them..

There is no shortage of articles published by Western media suggesting that China is out-hustling and out-innovating the US, and that the West is in decline as China rises.

This alone doesn't entitle China to praise or admiration. It's an authoritarian total surveillance state in which information is censored, citizens have little to no recourse when harmed by government action, enemies of the state disappear, and ethnic minorities are rounded up and sent to camps for "reeducation".

[preach]

Until China tells you to shut up and then you have people flying over there groveling with apologies and self censoring.

You can engage in self-flagellation if you think it helps, but you’re not fooling people watching this thing unfold.