anon45707

Could you give some examples of what you consider "anti-Chinese"? As a Westerner I'm somewhat confused by this. I have a Chinese friend who moved to the west in his early teens. We were discussing an article that was critical of Chinese trade practices and I was surprised that he perceived the article as "anti-Chinese". He seemed to take personal offense. I was kind of perplexed by this reaction. I mean, in any sense that the author of the article was "anti-Chinese", they would presumably be "pro-Hong Kongese" or "pro-Taiwanese". So it's clearly not an ethnic/racial thing. Or is it not that clear?

I think the conventional Western stance is that the citizens of China are being oppressed by their authoritarian government and that they, as a whole, would prefer to live in an open democracy like we do. You say you "don't care" about criticism of the Chinese government. As a Westerner, I don't understand why you're (only) indifferent about it. I mean, there were a couple million people on the streets of Hong Kong this weekend that are presumably more than indifferent about the Chinese government.

So help me understand your point of view. Like for example, how do you feel about the U.S. actions against Huawei (in terms of being "anti-Chinese")?