The whole point I'm making is that we don't need to pull in comparisons. We can make statements about behavior that we find unacceptable, and try to build cons

The whole point I'm making is that we don't need to pull in comparisons. We can make statements about behavior that we find unacceptable, and try to build consensus that we don't want to see those behaviors anywhere in the world. If you point me to an instance of the US doing those things I will condemn it. If you point me to an instance of China doing those things, I will condemn it. And I hope that this is true of most people across the world, and if it isn't then that is where the interesting conversations are to be had, not in which of two world powers is the most detrimental. Given the difficulties of talking about human rights and the natural tribalism of people on all sides, let's talk about specific behaviors most of us can agree are bad, regardless of who does them, and join together in condemning specific instances of those behaviors wherever they take place in the world.