You're spot on, Anon. An anon has to live among the Chinese for a while to disabuse himself of inaccurate preconceptions he's learned in America.
One point in Pence's (otherwise brilliant) speech I have to disagree with is that THE CHINESE PEOPLE, AS A WHOLE, DO NOT WANT FREEDOM. They want to be part of a strong collective and are totally prepared to surrender their free will to the Communist Party leader-of-the-day in order to achieve that state of affairs.
In fact, personal freedom makes them feel funny, insecure, like a fish out of water.
Anons gotta get out of their heads the idea of making China a "free nation" that "respects human rights". Ain't gonna happen unless you start to tinker with their DNA.