Not applicable because no attempt was made to "discredit an opponent's position". GP is clearly not saying that "... therefore, Chinese oppression is okay." M

Not applicable because no attempt was made to "discredit an opponent's position". GP is clearly not saying that "... therefore, Chinese oppression is okay." My takeaway would be that we have work to do with China, and that in observing the flaws in their society from without, we can gain perspective on what's going wrong here as well and work on that too.