The problem is best illustrated with things like road deaths.

If you look at road deaths for China, it’s something like 20 per 100k people per year vs maybe 2-3 in the UK.

What that means is, statistically China is 8-10 times “worse” than the UK.

Does it mean you’re going to be seeing car crashes everywhere all the time? No.

Does it mean China’s road safety is much worse? Yes.

Things are much worse in China in a variety of meaningful respects. Does that mean it’s impossible to live there? Not at all.