The author, as mentioned in my intro, is about as credible as you could ask for, with decades of experience at the highest level of journalism (specifically, the FT).

In contrast, your random documentary is vouched for by who exactly? Anyone can find "numbers" to back up any argument. Who paid for your video and why should we believe it and not a respected journalist? Indeed, what are your interests and why should we believe you? Authority and expertise is ultimately a game of trust.

That you personally disagree with a conclusion is neither here nor there. But given your assiduity at posting a single viewpoint, day after day, month after month, I'm suspecting that you would prefer simply never to read anything that challenges your own priors and makes you feel uncomfortable. To be honest, I'm intrigued by your stamina as a propagandist. It's not a very Western trait, to the point that I'm guessing you're of Chinese heritage yourself, perhaps an exiled Hongkonger with a grudge. But the purported purpose of this forum is to share "news about China". It is not meant to be a Global Times-style propaganda channel against the CPC, which is what you seem to be trying to make it. I hate to have to lecture you, but a core value of the Western Enlightenment is truth-seeking, of triangulating "facts" to get a better understanding of reality. Sometimes that means seeing things you disagree with.