You talk about China as though it is a tin pot dictatorship. They have built the biggest dam in the world- they got blamed for displacing people. They have just introduced an all English news channel- they are accused of bias. They built the Quinghai Railway to Tibet- they are accused of anti- Tibetanism ( whatever that overblown, treehugging, Hollywood actor nothingtodo so hug buddism means). They have moved into 2nd place in GDP league- they are accused of paying low wages( they all manage to have jobs and mobile phones though- yeah even farmers) and everybody is on subsistence wages. They produced a flawless olympics- but it wasnt the real voice of the cute little girl singing( you had to stretch to criticise that one).
AND finally, and here is the biggy- they got rid of their emperor and parasites who (lets face it, the royalty situation can't be any more totalitarian as we as british 'subjects' don't get to choose the King or Queen) raped and pillaged the country for centuries. They also don't take offence at a poxy little island on the edge of Europe that is living on its history, its money pirated over the last hundred years and its irrational presumption that it has any microscopic influence in the world. Wake up, grow up and shut up.
Take a leaf from Socrates- admit what you don't know before you start pontificating.
Listen to your brother- He's right! There are no monsters in the cupboard. THEY DON'T EXIST. So stop wasting your time on Sundays.