I talked to Chinese expats, and it changed my view of China positively, though I still had these propaganda brainworms in my head that made me think everything they say is forced and not their own will, brainwash etc… This caused me, among other reasons, to be afraid to speak with them. That was a long time ago, I then realised what was really going on with that narrative.

I thankfully stopped believing this bullshit imperialist propaganda narrative about socialist countries, and started to educate myself out of curiosity, starting with Marx.