I wish more people understood what you said.
I do, too; it helps that I’ve had friends spend time in both countries, and their experiences were eye-opening.
Red China was in the midst of a “civility campaign”, where they were trying to get Chinese people to stop openly spitting everywhere (I believe that is a result of the pollution) and generally adopt cleaner living habits. The hygiene situation was bizarre; restaurants were generally clean but staff would use the same rags they’d used on the floor to wipe down tables, for instance (openly, not even discreetly).
Another friend who visited India for his job described the “untouchables” coming out at night to clean the human feces off the sidewalks - in a modern city.