In my opinion, there's nothing inherently racist about attributing a thing to its place of origin. If it were being used in a way that disparaged people of Chin

In my opinion, there's nothing inherently racist about attributing a thing to its place of origin. If it were being used in a way that disparaged people of Chinese (or whatever) descent, that's different. I don't think that's how it's being used in this instance, though.