If so, can I apply for asylum?

You haven't been persecuted enough, and it's unlikely that you can approve it.

Also, refuge is a road of no return. Even if you get asylum status, it means that you can't return to China for at least eight years. At that time, you will suffer from the psychological suffering that relatives and friends can't meet and flesh and blood can't get together. Once asylum is denied, you may be refused entry to the United States in the future because of your immigration tendency.

Political asylum is the worst choice, there is no way out. You'd better not go this way unless you have to (you really can't get along at home)