> For context, "sick man of Asia" is up there with the n-word and drawing pictures of Mohammad in terms of its ability to offend a group of people. And it's on

> For context, "sick man of Asia" is up there with the n-word and drawing pictures of Mohammad in terms of its ability to offend a group of people. And it's one of those things that requires a lot of culture-specific sensitivity. The phrase really pushes Chinese buttons, but most of the world is not similarly sensitive to it. Similarly, blackface is highly offensive in the US, but a skit in on one of China's state-run TV networks featured it a few years ago in it's very prominent New Year's gala program: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43081218 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43081218