> Also, China doesn't invade countries half around the world and bring them to utter destruction and misery for generations to come, killing thousands to millio

> Also, China doesn't invade countries half around the world and bring them to utter destruction and misery for generations to come, killing thousands to millions of civilians and creating breeding grounds for things like ISIS. They do their own thing, quietly and patiently, with laser focus and for outsiders its at most 'not great not terrible' category. Here are a list of things that definitely don't fall under 'not great not terrible' category: Great Leap Forward - estimated 15 million to 55 million people death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward#Deaths_by_famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward#Deaths_by_f... One-child policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_child_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_child_policy Tiananmen Square protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests... People's Republic of China annexation of Tibet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China#Aftermath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_the_Peo... Support of Khmer Rouge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge#Number_of_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge#Number_of_deaths Uyghurs in China - est. ≥1 million detained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_Chin... Leaders of countries which want to do business with China, most countries in the world, have to talk only very quietly about these "sensitive issues", or better not mention them at all.