Yes, there is some soft-censorship of China in all large media companies in the West. Writers must always find a way to work in within the taboo subjects of the time. For example, how I dealt with China/Taiwan, some of the history people don't understand.

https://maxrottersman.medium.com/taiwa-and-her-ex-boyfriend-mr-chin-e38fabc1f28f?source=friends_link&sk=0048535883eac03ab8cdf77ef0ef9622

One of my first China stories below. I write a fair amount about China. The stories seem to have the same read rate as the other stuff I write. But I 100% agree with you, whatever the reason, we don't see enough critical pieces about China.

https://maxrottersman.medium.com/if-real-estate-crumbles-how-will-china-and-the-west-get-along-d16fce657d85?source=friends_link&sk=e55872685d44fde665ac6e078e5a4b95

Recently Andrew Tanner wrote a great piece about China and Taiwan. https://andrewmtanner.medium.com/why-america-cant-defend-taiwan-a85cf22da50d