China isn’t a good country either.

China never claimed to have a “free press.”

Also is banning TikTok really preventing freedom of the press?

What (alleged) “freedom of the press”? This (supposed) “freedom of the press” is a cornerstone of liberal ideology - not whatever it is that China is doing.

Again… the realization that liberal ideology is full of holes (and always have been) has implications for liberals - not people living in the PRC.