If they really wanted to fight for freedoms instead of searching a viable way to have profits in China, they wouldn't secretly start Dragonfly, which was only halted after its employees demanded it. So, they really really did want to operate in China, no matter the human rights situation there, they just did not think it through to concede enough things back then. They were ready later, hence Dragonfly happened.
Not really. They're always evil, it's just occasional their evil coincides with interfering with another evil.
Google's issue with China has never really been human rights. Google's issue with China is that it insists on access to data and algorithms, and while Google does not care about your privacy, Google cares a great deal about it's own privacy.
