The chinese have never successfully orbited in space, they have a few big blunders to make first. They are just making one huge bottle rocket.........BOOM!
Comes with the territory; 2000 ton potential pipe-bombs are dangerous. But, it is possible to make rockets that suck for only so long. After a while there is improvement.
We will find something to critize about China's moon-base, just as we criticized Russia's space station and even the Russian parts of the ISS.
A true story:
A Chinese student on a visa bought an older Chevy to get back and forth from school to the apartment. The particular car he owned had something out of balance in the front end so the car would shimmy above a certain speed. He took pleasure in giving rides to his friends and noting their reaction to the ride when the shimmy set in. Then he would start with the jokes about American cars and what trash they are. When asked if Chinese cars were better, he laughed even louder.
China will not give up on their space dreams, and they know quite well that there will be accidents and that men and hardware sometimes fail. But they won't freak if they lose a taikonaut. They will be sad and redouble their efforts.