Tu quoque is fallacy only if we use it to justify our own actions.<p>I was not using the argument as a excuse. I was just pointing out that what China does is normal. National interest trumps human rights everywhere.  The main difference is that western countries must justify their actions to the public.  We use human rights to rationalize wars against enemy dictators while staying inactive towards our own dictators.<p>Moral arguments from every side in international politics should be seen as propaganda.