I get that this is incidental to the point, but since he leads with China as an example, I wonder if it's possible that the topics he thinks will be controversi

I get that this is incidental to the point, but since he leads with China as an example, I wonder if it's possible that the topics he thinks will be controversial are simply ones that people are less passionate about in China. Every culture has its own "hot-button" topics. Try pointing out that Taiwan is a separate country sometime and you'd be absolutely shocked at the reaction you get from some people, even though they have different passports and a separate government. A Chinese engineer at Google once threatened to resign and started a a major firestorm over a dessert called "Free Tibet Goji Chocolate Creme Pie": https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/2015/04/the-biggest-firestorm-in-googles-history-the-name-of-a-pie https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/2015/04/...