> I asked him whether he thought China's stellar economic record over the past three decades in some way justifies the crackdown. "I don't think so. It's like you cut off you know somebody's limb, and he's still surviving. And you cannot say that: oh, he's surviving because you cut off his limb. The person is actually crippled. And that's what China is."

This is an article reflecting on an event where several thousand innocent young activists were killed by the Chinese government. I think most "Westerns" within my filter bubble have zero reason to be disappointed by China's inspiring economic successes, but have many reasons disappointed with modern China's continuing record of human rights violations e.g. against the Uighurs, Falun Gong, political dissidents, and most recently victims of its draconian social credit score program. Though I suppose in the current state of geopolitical affairs, between Xi, Putin, Trump, May, Erdogan, Duterte, Morrison, Bolsonaro, etc. there is plenty of disappointment to go around.