I agree with one of the commentators below the article ("B.Karn") that there always seems to be a bit of a "Clever Chinaman" undertone in these US/China article

I agree with one of the commentators below the article ("B.Karn") that there always seems to be a bit of a "Clever Chinaman" undertone in these US/China articles. B. Karn's comment (unless there's more than one) doesn't say that at all. So not only have you read that sentiment into the article, you've read a pointing-out of it into a comment. (I agree that such a sentiment has existed in such articles in the past, but not in this one. Perhaps I'm missing the radar for it.)