Whataboutism is not a valid means of argument.
Questioning the actions of a group of people is not racism.
In a direct democracy that may be true, but no country I am aware of has one. Most countries vary from representative Democracy up through full Dictatorship, with the wider society having ever less input as you move up the scale.
In the Chinese system the government isn't meant to be a reflection of the people's views, the people are meant to be a reflection of the government's system.
> Questioning the actions of a group of people is not racism.
The whole crux of this isn't that they're criticizing the Chinese government, it is that they're saying a Chinese owned company cannot be trusted because their culture is subpar. If that isn't racism I don't know what it is.
If the demonstrated values of a culture that isn't yours do not match up with your values, it is perfectly valid to not want to support those ill-values. That is not racism.
Or was slavery a reflection on the enslaved?
Claiming an entire people's culture is based on the actions of their government is flawed. What if we applied the same standard to the US and other Western Nations?
PS - Does anyone else find the undercurrent of subtle anti-Chinese racism on this site disturbing? I'm not even from East Asia and I find it deeply distasteful. If you posted some of this stuff about any other nation (or race), it would be [Flag] dead in minutes.