The other day, they sentenced Zhang Zhan to 4 years of prison on the chargers of picking quarrels and provoking trouble for her citizen reporting during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan.https://www.dw.com/en/china-jails-journalist-over-wuhan-covid-outbreak-reporting/a-56071570
This was met by a chorus of condemnation of how China does not obey free press and is in violation of human rights from the usual voices in America and in Europe.
A couple of days later, a significant investment treaty was signed between the EU and China, with some complaints.
And of course, there was a lot of chatter from certain corners of how this deal will face push back because of human rights.
That kind of means there is no credibility left for the anti-China human right crusader from a western country.
For the CCP to sentence that citizen reporter to 4 years, just two days before the signing of a new treaty, while the human right complaints were raised, the CCP was just rubbing it in their faces.
