1. it's symptomatic of Xi's government being able to do anything it wants to (including killing people to harvest their organs) without any checks and balances
2. it violates our ideal of freedom of speech
One of those is a far more serious problem than the other. A democratic society can fix laws that don't live up to its ideals. A lawless, autocratic society cannot.
China has mechanisms to change laws but they have to be routed through the proper channels. From what I understand, individuals can complain all they want, as long as they don't organize outside of these designated channels.
This definitely pisses off the % of western governments that use "grassroots" movements as an attack vector to undermine unfavorable foreign governments.
They subvert free speech with the heckler's veto, and there's nothing anyone can do about them, "democratic" or not.
1. The US has long operated offshore prisons where human rights are routinely abused (though harvesting organs is never a thing I've heard of happening in them)
2. The US routinely silences comedians when they're reported to say something impolite or against the grain - remember Kathy Griffin?
As per statements by the white house[2] and other branches[3] that twitter account is an official channel of US Government policy, I think this is reasonable and generally accepted[4].
1. https://ew.com/news/2017/06/02/kathy-griffin-donald-trump-br...
2. https://time.com/4808270/sean-spicer-donald-trump-twitter-st...
3. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/14/doj-donald-...
4. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaheilweil1/2017/07/11/tru...
1. It's pretty hilarious and approachable for young minds, here's an archive version for the curious https://archive.org/details/MarxForBeginners-English
I agree China and the US are in radically different places, but there are serious problems of some degree in many places right now.