What you're saying is a common thing I hear. I have been in the China watch camp for a few years now and there are a lot of major stories that you and most others are missing if the only place you get your news is from mainstream media, most of which has been captured by Chinese government. Bloomberg, CNN, AP, Reuters all receive Chinese money and/or coercion (not allowed to have offices/journalists in China unless you do what we say) to bring pro-CCP narratives to their audience. Same goes for most other international media. Just saying.