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No, he has said nothing about China or Russia. (Self?) criticism is a sign of maturity and wit. Being a western and adhere to western values doesn't imply assuming justifying it all. In the west we do not have total freedom of speech and/or pluralism of information and, yes, there are worrying "new" forms of slavery.
You can't say western news aren't trustworthy and then rule out basically any other source of news implied. Unless your point is that news cannot be trusted from anyone ever, which is kinda a moot point.
If you discount the entire west you are left with Russia, China, the middle east, Africa.
None of them have a better track record in human rights violation then the west, which you discredited for exactly that.
China and Russia are absolutely relevant, since this post is about tankies. This isn't deflecting critique of the west, it's pointing out the hipocrasy of using these faults in the US as a defence of Russia/China.