Don't believe what they say immediately, we need a lot of people to share their story so that we can see what's really going on in there, remember that most Chinese people are patriotic and they won't be saying anything bad against the country.
I think almost every person automatically defends their country no matter what,,, this is my experience, even if in private we may all hate our government:)
You know the famous Chinese meme about a Chinese guy saying to Trump: don't trust China, China is ***hoe
Besides, OP was actually sharing something not so positive so I can believe it, he was not saying anything particularly factual!