no, it's to keep the new ruling class in power and suppress any and all other thinking people
in an ideal world, this wouldn't be necessary but china has 1.3 billion people
this level of control is never justified desu, I mean even if you belive everything the CCP says (that no one is being suppressed, etc), what if someone else (someone else as within some other member of the CCP) came to power who doesn't like free speech, they could use this against free speech. Also you can't seriously tell me that China is a Utopia without corruption, where no one abuses this system.
and remains one of the safest nations on earth
this is objectively wrong, you may be safe from criminals, but not from the state or megacorps
you don't see police constantly brutalizing people there
here is how they treat peaceful journalists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjLt3XTY-rs
Now you may say: that's not as bad as some US police brutality, but that is because in the US these things actually get investigated and the officers that did wrong at least sometimes get what they deserve, in China however there is no such thing as reporting these cases to the press, because they prefer what looks better over what is right
you can't drive ten miles in america without seeing someone pulled over by police for some minor traffic violation- is that freedom
no, but is being spied on and worrying about your every move freedom?
this isn't an issue in china because firstly the police are trained and secondly many of those interactions are entirely eliminated
and then catch them at home
and you think the police is less likely to assault someone when nobody is looking?
If that's true we have 2 completely different approaches to computing now, light vs quantum computing. I'm a bit sceptical of everything that comes out of china tho