There is still this underlying problem if a miss-assessment of the overall situation of China. Underlying everything China blames America (or someone else) for a lot of its problems.
To them, before the Brits came China was just some happy go lucky, without problems place where people just danced in the streets and had a jolly old time. Then the westerners came and screwed it all up...
Part of the problem with their propaganda laden view is that the simple fairy tale-ization of old China.