I really appreciate your intelligent reply and I agree with you.
We live in a world of double standards.
That is undoubtedly a fact.
Look, many of these Asian countries I mentioned don’t wear their superiority on their sleeve.
If you are a tourist, you are not going to encounter it for the most part. It isn’t like some white person is going to go to Asia and experience an Asian version of the Klan out to get you.
But there exists an institutionalized racism in Asian countries that basically says screw you whitey, screw you blackey, screw you my Asian neighbor. The whole notion of one Asian culture is a myth.
The one thing that might save America down the long road is that powerful Asian countries will compete for the position of top dog, at least regionally, and keep each other in check, and most likely with the US military in their corner.
As far as the China goes, it is in a tough neighborhood with Russia, India, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam as neighbors.
It can’t afford to get uppity.
But double standard is something felt by everyone, even those in the non-Western world, but its just in a different area. It may not be in the area of race, like Westerners, but in the area of say, power. Whether it be economic or military.
One only has to look at the reaction of the West when the Chinese puts a satellite into space vs the Russians. The Chinese are viewed with much more suspicion when putting a satellite into space than the Russians.
So, political correctness is felt by all, but just in different areas.
And when you say:
It can’t afford to get uppity.
A more accurate statement would be:
China can't afford to get TOO uppity.
She will be the economic center of Asia, for sure, and to a lesser degree, even the world as she will soon surpass the US in GDP. But this strength can only occur in peace time. Projecting beyond peacetime strength, then you get into an area where other nations can begin to form alliances.
And as you said, China is surrounded by potentially powerful countries, Russia, India, Japan, etc. And they can form alliances in times of war. Not to mention Europe and the US coming on board. The best example of this is during World War II. Germany was and still is the most powerful country in Europe. But when it went into war time mode, all the countries united against her. Today, in peacetime, Germany still carries, quietly, more influence than any other European country, including Russia.
Getting back to Asia and racism, I would say, racism, in the traditional sense, might be a bit strong of a word, though not entirely inaccurate. I would say a better term would be they are cultural centric. Meaning, people in, for exampe, China, would simply see their culture as better than others. And same with Japan, Korea, etc. And their ways better than others while still respecting the individual of others to certain degree. But reserving the right to say things about other cultures or races that would be deemed politically incorrect in the West.