China has been all over the news lately. But all the shit they show on Fox and CNN is absurd yellow peril propaganda. It's so hard to get a read on what China is really like. There is no English news source online I can turn to for a realistic, unbiased account of Chinese internal politics and daily life.

Obviously China has some issues. So does every country. But is China really the evil authoritarian hellscape American propaganda makes it out to be? Is President Xi the second coming of Hitler? Are people in China all brainwashed zombies denied human rights? Is free speech there really that much of an issue? Do people eat bats and shit in the street? What is life like for a middle class Chinese person?

Sorry for the wall of questions, but I'm dying for sensible information that isn't "China bad, American good".

Any anons on here have some insight?