> the Chinese mindset is extremely subtle, resourceful, calculated, opportunistic, and oftentimes underhanded.

This is dark and is the type of claim that could be applied to almost any group of people without evidence (i.e. the American mindset is extremely subtle, resourceful, calculated, opportunistic, and oftentimes underhanded).

It's true that this claim could be applied to almost any group of people, but I think the point here is the people in the US (or the west generally) don't have the history knowledge hence the empathy about how important and sensitive territorial integrity of China is to both Chinese people and Chinese government.

I recommend "Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science - Part 1" and "Part 2". Chinese philosophy from ancient times had given much thought to the nature of people and the problem of how to organize society.

https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UBCx+China300.1x+3...

https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UBCx+China300.2x+3...

Real race science hours on HN today, it would seem.