Han Supremacy

Another East Asian cultural context here: Beijing often imply Han supremacy over Japan and South Korea. Recent years, many patriotic netizens fought wars over how Japanese & Korean cultures are “stolen” from imperial China/Middle Kingdom.

The PRC is an ethno-nationalist state.

Lemme spell it out for those who missed the point:

Many state narratives come thru as viral social media campaigns in the PRC, state-facilitated social outrage :

“I support HK police, you can hit me now” posts during 2019-2020.
“Support Xinjiang cotton” & boycotts