Wow, only hypothetically. Do you really 'have a hard time believing ANYONE, who makes a claim like that' or just internet hard time believing? Like, NOBODY ever can have those two thoughts in their head. And is it always USUALLY followed up by a claim that the Chinese people are... uncivilized savages? This is where the Webay wow Ok gif goes.
Could it be, even remotely, that you're sensitive to something, that you only have a narrow perception that others do not? Because, internet?
Except of course this part? And of course imho, these deep structural issues won't ever get better.The point is not that Liu's parents don't have valid criticisms or that everything in China is peachy keen because the majority is happy with the government, anybody who has ever been to China knows that there are deep structural issues that need to be solved and that it will take a lot time, hard work, and difficult choices to address those.