What do you mean by that? Isn't Lemmy one of those projects where anyone can run an instance? Or are you referring to the developers?
And could you please also elaborate what you mean by Chinese state apologists?
Anyone can run an instance but the main one is run by people who actively support states like China. You just go on there and read it for like 10 minutes and you'll find it.
I guess I don't understand that criticism. I'll just host my own instance, why would I care about the "main" instance. It's a criticism of the people on that platform and not of the platform itself...