Exactly. The "Chinese as savages" fits a narrative that a lot of people want to hear so it resonates as an unquestioned assumption. It also helps bolster the

Exactly. The "Chinese as savages" fits a narrative that a lot of people want to hear so it resonates as an unquestioned assumption. It also helps bolster the war on women narrative. Here's one think tank that propagates the sex-selective abortion in China: [1] Here's a mainstream article which gives a weak strawman argument then concludes there must be widespread sex-selective abortion in China: [ 2 ] And this article goes even farther out on the line, saying the Chinese women were "forced" to abort their daughters, not using evidence to verify the theory, but using a piece of artwork by a French artist to propagate the idea visually: [3] All of these stories must be critically considered in light of the new evidence by the Kennedy-Yaojiang paper. (and obviously we must also critically consider Kenney-Yaojiang). [1] https://lozierinstitute.org/sex-selection-abortion-the-real-war-on-women/ https://lozierinstitute.org/sex-selection-abortion-the-real-... [2] http://www.economist.com/node/15636231 http://www.economist.com/node/15636231 [3] http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/opinion/zhang-terracotta-daughters http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/opinion/zhang-terracotta-daugh...