Fully expecting this thread to be a shitshow of China-bashing. BBC's articles reference Adrian Zenz as the source, who is known to be an unreliable source with regards to China.

As someone who is from a small country, which can only be a kingmaker in the context of the big powers ala the US and China:

You western folks are being played hard by these narratives the western institutions are spouting. The chinese are reacting like this simply because they feel they're being wronged, and they've been wronged before.

The US's mission to spread democracy is not going to succeed if people feel they're being lied to. Hell, they'll even reject it.