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So any positive things said about China from a Chinese American should be discounted?

Seems like anything said about China by Chinese (anywhere) should be discounted, which leaves it up to the true experts on China - people not in, involved with, or knowledgeable about China!

Nope, simply giving context

Then you neglected to include the ethnicities/nationalities of the photographer, contributing authors, and editorial staff of the NYTimes. Wouldn't that be similarly useful context?

Now you are just grasping at straws :) but hey, everyone on the internet is a racist right?

You didn't dig up some undisclosed connection between the author and the Chinese communist party, or other business interests that may taint their reporting. You are only suspicious because of their ethnicity.

And relax, as Avenue Q states: everybody's a little bit racist! But discussion on HN is meant to be substantiative, and part of that is trying to avoid ad-hominem attacks with a racist tint.

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