"In the name of peace, that's all pretty much what Russia and China really ever wanted:"
What a bunch of bullshit! The only peace they want is the death of those that disagree with their governments...
If that were true, Hong Kong as well as Macau would not be a Special Administrative Region of China. The people living in those areas live very different lives than those living in the rest of China.
Like Hawaiians, if you said or did anything that pissed off the ruling class, they bashed your brains in.
You are correct if you are referencing Hawaii before Western contact.
If you referring to the Hawaiian Kingdom era, you are very wrong and will be surprised how more freedom its citizenry had as well as how racism was less prevalent when compared to America during the same time period.

People everywhere just want to survive, raise their kids, grow old and die in their sleep with a fully belly and a warm home.
Pretty simple.
And the current Russian and Chinese governments don't want the same for their people? Please remember, the CCP of China has successfully raised the standard of living for
ALL of its citizenry
WITHOUT US imperial-like invasions, illegal occupations, and installation of puppet regimes. Hence, it is laughable to see other countries criticize China from achieving such a never-before-seen human historic feat.
Instead of learning from what the Chinese has been able to accomplish, the US empire arrogantly looks for fault and criticizes. Very nearsighted, as what is that saying again? Oh yes, twice the pride, double the fall. You can rest assured that the collapse of the US empire will be one of the top ten collapses laughed at forever in the annals of history. The silly thing is that there are things America could do to truly save itself but refuses to do so.