Please allow me to direct your attention to this small event in Chinese history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Please allow me to direct your attention to this small event in Chinese history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution If looking weak to Westerners was ever on CCP's priority list, it couldn't have been anywhere high.