I would only add that the problem is not just "what do they want china to do about it?" But also, "what are western socialists supposed to do about it?".
The anti-china agitation blowing up reddit and twitter has no effect on CPC's decision making whatsoever. Just as in the first red scare, it is a stick to displine and divide leftists in the West. The only thing it accomplishes is to absolve the our empire's crimes by forcing critics to answer for the supposed crimes of an empire on the other side of the world.
You said it better than I could.
I would only add that the problem is not just "what do they want china to do about it?" But also, "what are western socialists supposed to do about it?".
The anti-china agitation blowing up reddit and twitter has no effect on CPC's decision making whatsoever. Just as in the first red scare, it is a stick to displine and divide leftists in the West. The only thing it accomplishes is to absolve the our empire's crimes by forcing critics to answer for the supposed crimes of an empire on the other side of the world.