Memes

Literally any country that enforces its laws is "authoritarian". It doesn't mean anything.

Obviously China is going to look bad if you consider western liberal democracy and free market capitalism to be objectively good things and have them as the standards by which you judge the political-economic systems of global south countries.

If you're judging China based on how similar it is to Western European countries then you're not going to like it.

I met a white American guy that lives in China over the weekend, he was awesome. No real story about it, yes he said he can speak mandarin and he had the friggin cutest little half Chinese baby with his wife. Shoutout Paul