I wasn't sure where to post this, but here seems about the most relevant thread.

I'm in the middle of this video which looks at all kinds of China coercion, but the one that strikes me the most is that levied on the Australian swimmer.

The extent to which the CCP came down on this family for a relatively minor, what, infraction? Oh, wait, I mean the exercising of one's right to speak freely, in their own country, in this case Australia, is bizarre.

But here's my point. Flip this. If they come down this hard on this sort of thing, consider how they treat those 'subjects' that please them and who they want to promote, such as our western expert doctors.

They must make them feel like absolute gods, masters of the universe, invincible.