With a comment such as yours it brings me back to my University days (years ago) when we learned of Maslow s hierarchy of needs.  i.e. it begins with whether you have a roof over your head and food in your stomach.  And China is not a dictatorship.  Corrupt, yes but take a look at politics here in Canada and how government contracts are given out.  It is a matter of degree.  Brutal again at what happens here.
However I think the main point you are missing, how far China has come in the last 70 years but there is still room for improvement.