Because you are taking the government criticism of other countries at face value. This is not a case of a well intended but barely self-aware organization or even some ideological zealots not giving pause to its enemies. This is just propaganda, pure and simple, they dont give a damn about the Uighurs, freedom of the press or democracy in general, they have an economical and geopolitical adversary who is getting stronger year after year so they will attack it. That boogeyman role has been played by Spain by France by Nazi Germany by the USSR by Japan,by Lybia,by Iraq,by Iran and now by China,For the powerful a foreign enemy is perfect:
- It gives justification to obscene spending on the military
- It justifies imperialist actions which violates international law
- It blinds the local populacy with "patriotism"
- It allows to create draconian local policies which would not be accepted in "peaceful times"
- It protects the government because any local or foreign criticism can be discarded by using _whataboutism_ about the enemy du jour.
- It gives justification to obscene spending on the military
- It justifies imperialist actions which violates international law
- It blinds the local populacy with "patriotism"
- It allows to create draconian local policies which would not be accepted in "peaceful times"
- It protects the government because any local or foreign criticism can be discarded by using _whataboutism_ about the enemy du jour.
Oldest trick in the book.