China is actively directed by a small group of well coordinated, evil raccoons. See, you know, the constant genocide.
This is really exactly my take, too.
The US Government has done incredibly stupid and catastrophically foolish and harmful things - being hoodwinked into Vietnam by the French, for example - but the Government is not inherently, actually evil, in any way, shape or form.
This is not the case for China.
The French worked as hard as possible to get American military support in Vietnam so they could remain the colonial power. They did a very good job of it.
It was all an appalling tragedy. All the Vietnamese wanted was independence, and in particular from the appalling misrule of the French.
The Myth of American Idealism https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-...
We exist in a time where nuance is sometimes harmful in public discourse.