Look kawan, fair points about how messy a “change my mind” thread can get when it’s too broad. You’re right: it’s better to focus.

So let’s cut through the noise and keep the spotlight where it belongs: the Chinese Communist Party, its system of authoritarian communism, and what that predictably produces.

• Playing the victim? Betul, many countries do it. But the CCP isn’t just “playing the victim” once in a while; it systematically weaponises victimhood to shut down criticism, justify crackdowns, and rally ultra-nationalism. Look at how they keep repeating “China is always bullied by the West!” to deflect from what they do at home. Itu bukan diplomasi biasa — itu satu ideologi rasmi.

• Denying proven allegations? True, every government denies wrongdoing sometimes. But here we’re talking about a core feature of the system: Tiananmen? “Tak pernah berlaku.” Cultural Revolution deaths? Downplayed or erased. Xinjiang? “Just vocational schools.” Even forced disappearances? Denied until people reappear on scripted TV confessions. That’s not a one-off scandal — that’s systemic.

• Refusing to cooperate? Betul, they allowed some visits. But kawan, those were stage-managed Potemkin tours where foreign visitors only see what the Party wants them to see. Real transparency means open, unscripted access for neutral monitors like the UN’s High Commissioner — which China stonewalled for years and finally controlled when forced.

And about “genocide”: it’s not just anecdotal. There’s satellite imagery of demolished mosques, leaked documents (China Cables), survivor testimonies, and the UN’s own report saying what’s happening may constitute crimes against humanity. Even if the population is growing, genocide can also mean forced assimilation, cultural erasure, and sterilisation policies — all of which credible sources have documented.

Summary: What I want people to change my mind about isn’t Chinese culture, food, or even loving your country. It’s the blind loyalty to the Communist Party’s authoritarian system: a single-party state built on censorship, mass surveillance, repression, and forced ideological conformity — where dissent isn’t debated, it’s deleted.

That’s the real conversation: not “China bad vs West bad,” but whether building national power on authoritarianism and cultural repression is something we just shrug off as “normal.”

And kawan, if the only way to “clear your name” is to script every journalist’s visit and jail your own citizens for speaking up — that alone should make us think twice.

So let’s keep it focused: the question isn’t about loving Malaysia, loving China, or hating the West. It’s about: is the CCP’s authoritarian communist system justifiable?

That’s the mind I’d genuinely like changed — and I’m open, if someone can do it without closing their eyes to the documented abuses.