No, my comments (direct response to OP's "why are we pretending what US is doing is different form what China is doing") can be summarized as "pretending China

No, my comments (direct response to OP's "why are we pretending what US is doing is different form what China is doing") can be summarized as "pretending China and the US are different is just un/mis/disinformed or hypocritical". They are both superpowers and they both resort to any measures within their grasp to maintain or increase that power. Pretending otherwise is just euphemistically "double standards". The EU only appeared in the discussion as a reference or "witness", just like the Chinese people are used as reference for what their leadership is doing. You turning the discussion towards some EU blame for whatever isn't only a meritless distraction from the topic, it's also akin to blaming the Chinese people for not overthrowing the CCP. They are 1.3bn people, surely they have "massive leverage". I reiterate, you have no interest in reading or understanding any of my comments. The extent to which you perverted and rewrote my words just to fit whatever narrative you're more easily able to support really makes for low quality discussion. I have more than adequately made and supported my point and will politely withdraw.