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What does race have to do with any of this? I'm discussing their government's economic and academic model. That's like saying criticism of America's healthcare
by KoftaBob 7y ago
What does race have to do with any of this? I'm discussing their government's economic and academic model. That's like saying criticism of America's healthcare system is racist against whites, because that's their majority ethnic group.
If anything, it says a lot about you that you associated everything I said with their ethnicity rather than the government itself.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 7y agoThe term "racism" includes both race-based as well as ethnicity-based stereotyping. See, for example, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism The idea of Chinese companies/universities/etc. being uncreative and over-reliant on imitation and industrial espionage is quite obviously a somewhat tired cliché. I'm certain it makes an appearance in almost every single front page comment threat on the Chinese economy of the last five years or so. There might even be a kernel of truth. But, as others have pointed out, the same was said of Japan and Taiwan before. In such a situation, you should be wary of repeating such stereotypes if you don't have first-hand experience, which I doubt many of those regurgitating that trope have.