>TL;DR - We respect all cultures and viewpoints, except all those which we judge wrong and sexist. You're constructing a strawman. Promotion of multiculturali

>TL;DR - We respect all cultures and viewpoints, except all those which we judge wrong and sexist. You're constructing a strawman. Promotion of multiculturalism does not and has not meant absolute, uncritical acceptance of anything anyone does. Human rights abuses are still denounced. Mistreatment of women or other minorities is still denounced. > but it's interesting to read the entire op-ed and not find an attempt to actually ask Chinese people what they think about the issue (the author notwithstanding), just a string of accusations with the unspoken presumption that 'if it feels wrong to us right-minded people, then it must be wrong' What's interesting is that to you the author, a Chinese writer who has written on this topic for years (and who, among other things, had to quit school and work in a factory for a decade where she taught herself English, lest you counter that she's some sheltered elite who doesn't know the "TRUE" China) apparently doesn't count as a valid Chinese person. Characterizing her point as 'if it feels wrong to us right-minded people, then it must be wrong' is deeply disingenuous to the point of dishonesty, not to mention that, as you yourself paradoxically note above, promotion of gender equality is an explicit commitment of the CCP (for example, full gender equality is specifically granted in the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China). Mistreatment of women is a violation of both established international standards and agreements (agreements, as the video notes, that China has signed), and China's own supposed commitment as embodied in the slogan "women hold up half the sky". Yet this "it's just Westerners imposing their views!" nonsense is trotted out every time this comes up. That Western countries also fail to live up to their own commitments and ideals regarding gender equality is a testament to the reality that everyone has a ways to go when it comes to the treatment of women, not that the concept has no value. It's a goal to strive for, not one absolutely achieved. It's telling that you even bring up the West, as nowhere in the OP-ED does the author make this comparison, or declare the superiority of the West in this area. "But it's a different culture!" has long been used by tyrants and abusers to avoid having to address serious human rights violations. >TL;DR - You're attacking a position no one actually has in defense of practices China itself has officially denounced