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"Good" and "bad" in general are subjective.

I can subjectively say that Nazis are bad.

I can objectively say that Nazi policies had a deleterious effect on Jewish populations.

Similarly, I can objectively say that Beijing's policies have a deleterious effect on human rights as defined by the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

I can subjectively say that the Chinese government is bad.

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And given china voted for the declaration of human rights, they are objectively bad under their own measure.

People's Republic of China did not vote for the declaration of human rights, the Republic of China did

Yes.. and your point? The old country didn't vanish so to speak. Things carry forward.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by subjective.

I assert that, for many (though possibly not all) moral questions, that there is a fact of the matter as to whether a thing is good or bad or neither.

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