> Vladimir Bukovsky maintained that the middle ground between the Big Lie of Soviet propaganda and the truth was itself a lie, and one should not be looking for a middle ground between disinformation and information.[5] According to him, people from the Western pluralistic civilization are more prone to this fallacy because they are used to resolving problems by making compromises and accepting alternative interpretations—unlike Russians, who are looking for the absolute truth.
That's not at all true. I have seen countless articles in the mainstream media over the years about the huge gains China has made.
What I also see a lot is that when the mainstream press reports something that is going bad in China, then China defenders will say something like you just did.