Its the way any well educated person would do

it's not a shame to admit something is happening or has happened, yet it's not very wise to defend urself (just coz u feel insulted ) by attacking others problem - it doesnt make ur own problem to go away, why not just fact it and talk about it with facts....  In my view, if you want to have an intelligent conversation with ur friend at work or ur neighbors who are not from ur country and do not understand china, better present urself as true and open minded in discussing any touchy issue about china