I don't think any super power looks fantastic, and we definitely should not idolize China.

But also, we should let that be an excuse for western powers. We have corporations forcing most of the decisions in our country for extremely short term gains.

In the US we have... decrypt public transit, horrible healthcare, halting progress on renewable energies, we're probably going to make less than our parents while billionaires make more.

Like it sucks, and if anyone tells you well at least you don't live in China you should roll your eyes, why does where we live have to suck. Oh, and we even have awful imperialism too.