I am not condemning the Chinese; I would do the same thing if I were Han Chinese, but I am not. I am English and part of the Anglosphere traditions.
From the values that exist in the Western Political culture, it is seen as evil.
For the UK, we have a PM and an opposition leader who don't know their history, foreign policy, and geopolitics.
Most people in the West are just commenting on something they don't understand what is happening in China and their geopolitical decision-making.
What I will say is China is a danger to the Western world order created post-1945, and the USA is the reason China is where it is today based on the false hope, that it would be a Liberia Democracy like the West.
It’s a situation that needs to be managed as China is building a blue sea navy, and if the world becomes multipolar, it won't be the USA and China.
It's nice reading your perspective; it avoids echo chambers.