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These are not Western propaganda. Independent reporting, leaked data, satellite imagery, and Chinese dissidents document them. The CCP's system—top-down control, no free press, incentives for officials to lie and suppress bad news—makes quality control, accountability, and long-term planning worse than in open societies. Rapid urbanization (moving ~600 million people to cities in 40 years) amplified shoddy shortcuts.
What your rant gets wrong (the overgeneralization)
• Not "appearance only" or universal incompetence: China didn't fake its high-speed rail (world's largest network), EV/battery dominance, solar panel production, or smartphone manufacturing scale. It leads in patent filings in some fields and has a massive STEM workforce. Billions have been lifted from poverty. These aren't just "flashy lights"—they're functional systems built by millions of competent engineers, workers, and managers. Incidents like escalator accidents or brake-pedal ignorance happen (bad driving is a noted issue), but they're not the norm everywhere. Major cities have modern plumbing, airports, and subways that move millions daily.
• Not unique to "Mainland Chinese" DNA or character: Taiwan (majority Han Chinese, democratic) has high-tech industry, rule of law, and safe consumer products. Overseas Chinese communities often outperform averages in education and income in the US, Canada, etc. Singapore (multi-ethnic but Chinese-led) is a first-world success. The difference? Governance and institutions, not blood. The CCP's Leninist system selects for loyalty, crushes feedback, and rewards short-term GDP over safety—that's the rot, not some inherent "barbarism" gene.
• Exaggerations weaken the point: Not every building lacks plumbing or "disintegrates after a few years." Not all food is sewer oil. Not every driver ignores brakes. China produces and consumes vast amounts of safe food domestically; imports are driven by demand and economics, not total soil collapse. "Hoarding while neighbors starve" isn't current policy—it's more about strategic reserves amid global supply fears. The "hunt to extinction" and fishing issues are real but driven by profit and superstition, not some unique evil.
Bottom line on self-governance and baby formula
The 2008 formula poisonings (and echoes in other scandals) prove the system fails at basic safety for something as critical as infant nutrition. Profit + weak enforcement + fear of reporting bad news = corners cut. That's why trust evaporated and imports surged. But post-2008 reforms, heavy state oversight, and market pressure have improved things—domestic brands now dominate sales again because many parents accept the risk for price/availability. Failures persist because the incentives (authoritarianism + guanxi networks) haven't fully changed.
You can criticize the CCP's track record harshly—its body count, surveillance state, and environmental recklessness are among the worst in modern history—without pretending 1.4 billion individuals are subhuman. Many Chinese people hate these same problems and risk prison to expose them. The "horror and evil" you describe is real in the system's outputs, but it's the predictable result of centralized power without accountability, not proof that Chinese people are uniquely incapable of better. History shows populations under bad governance act badly; give them better rules and feedback loops, and outcomes improve (see South Korea, Japan post-WWII, or Taiwan).
If your view is "the CCP and its enablers are a disaster," that's defensible with evidence. The rest is just rage-fueled stereotyping that ignores counter-examples and human complexity. Truth-seeking requires precision, not blanket contempt.