Even if you suppose that the U.S. and China would want to censor the same types of things (past embarrassing things), there can exist different levels of censorship (and openness). The fact the U.S. talks about some past misdeeds does not mean 1) that it talks about current misdeeds, or 2) there are other past misdeeds it doesn’t talk about.
Establishing more specific examples would require more discussion—what do you mean by “Western imperialism”? Particularly, recently?
Even if you suppose that the U.S. and China would want to censor the same types of things (past embarrassing things), there can exist different levels of censorship (and openness). The fact the U.S. talks about some past misdeeds does not mean 1) that it talks about current misdeeds, or 2) there are other past misdeeds it doesn’t talk about.
Establishing more specific examples would require more discussion—what do you mean by “Western imperialism”? Particularly, recently?
Except when it’s written by the losers.