The thing is: a lot of people want to live in the US. That's not true for China.

Have you ever been to China and the US?

You may think they're equally awful, but a LOT of people disagree.

China's reputation is in really bad shape among people in the West. Despite also being under surveillance, that's why many prefer American or European tech.

Not saying it's all of it, but could some of this reputation be from propaganda and attempts to smear chinese tech? Seems like a pretty common MO from the USA