Meta-whataboutism - use "whataboutism" in a discussion to block others from pointing hypocrisy :-) It's a nifty trick, I use it once in a while as well. But to

Meta-whataboutism - use "whataboutism" in a discussion to block others from pointing hypocrisy :-) It's a nifty trick, I use it once in a while as well. But to be serious, I don't see how China is irrelevant to the average Westerner. They manufacture a lot of the products consumed in the West. They are also responsible for a lot of the plastic floating in the water http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-tons-of-plastic-trash-in-oceans-20150213-story.html http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-tons-of-... From a US perspective: They are responsible for the most damaging intelligence breach in US history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management.... Google, a US company, is starting to head toward China and play in that market after getting tired of not being evil. US senator heading the Intelligence Committee had a Chinese spy right under her nose for almost 2 decades: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/explain-the-chinese-spy-sen-feinstein/2018/08/09/0560ca60-9bfd-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/explain-the-chinese-... Even for the rest of the world with China and US clashing over spheres of influence and doing their power-play everyone is affected.