Chinese governments like speech that is friendly to China. US governments like speech that is friendly to the US.

We call it censorship when a government censors self-criticism, but a big part of that calculation hinges on how much criticism a government is subjected to at any given moment.

If you're seeing a lot of Chinese criticism - and a lot of second-order "China is censoring the criticism!" stories - that's more often the result of a national media push to divorce the US public and economy from China. If you're seeing a lot of US self-criticism and resulting domestic government backlash, that's more often the result of a divided US populace that's lost sight of it's Overseas Enemy Cold War fixation.

The day Trump leaves office, you're going to see a tidal wave of "China Bad!" articles slam into your news feed, like the Red Sea after Moses squeezes it shut again. Then we won't see "US censorship!" hand-wringing until the political scene starts polarizing again.