> and was pleasantly surprised to see no pattern of this. I generally keep out of such discussions, however, and with all due respect, my comment here had no n

> and was pleasantly surprised to see no pattern of this. I generally keep out of such discussions, however, and with all due respect, my comment here had no nationalistic motivation and speaks about the Chinese government, not the Chinese race or even populace. It's about a government who has a demonstrable history of acting in bad faith[0], nation-level bullying[1], human rights violations[2], etc. So when that government approves a rocket designed so that it will not burn up but crash somewhere, a piece of information directly taken from the linked article, I can't help but notice it fits into a pattern. --- [0]: https://www.bbc.com/news/56364952 https://www.bbc.com/news/56364952 [1]: https://www.economist.com/china/2020/12/05/how-chinas-bullying-could-backfire https://www.economist.com/china/2020/12/05/how-chinas-bullyi... [2]: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/global https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/globa...