If I could encourage you to watch one 20min video about China, this is the one.
Having followed this streamer, Laowhy86 (and his partner SerpentZA) for many years, I can assure you they loved living in & exploring China for more than a decade, having launched their channel long ago to show daily life there to the world.
But under Xi Jinping there came a creeping police-state that forced them to leave. They now report regularly from the US on all things China - the warts and the roses - benefitted by their understanding of the Chinese language and their friends and family still living there.
This video is jarring…it is not fud and misinformation…it is concerning to us all, and needs to be viewed widely, imo.