The US actually has a higher prison population than China, both per capita and total despite having a fraction of Chinas population.

This is only true if you exclude Xinjiang concentration camps though.

But either way, it ain’t a competition both states run a degeranged penal systems albeit targeting different undesirables. China focused on wrong think, US goes for poors and/or minorities.

The end goal is the same, keep the normie acting like a docile dog.