When the whole Jimmy Kimmel "kill all Chinese so we don't need to repay debt" thing happened in 2013, most Chinese thought "hmm those American children interviewed are uncultured. They'd better improve education for the few American children".
Then when the sanctions started against ZTE and Jinhua started in 2017, many Chinese thought "these companies are a bit arrogant playing up their tech capabilities and flagrantly violating intellectual property/sanctions on Iran. But Sino-American relations are anchored by mutual trade".
Then when Meng Wanzhou was kidnapped in 2018 and one ban after another crippled Huawei's chipmaking ambitions, some Chinese thought "well Huawei is surpassing Apple and Qualcomm technologically so the Americans probably felt insecure. They'll still allow other tech companies like Xiaomi and Oppo to survive if they don't challenge American tech superiority."
Then when a U.S. state department official stated that China is the first "great power competitor that's not Caucasian", a few Chinese thought "the current Trump regime is very racist and dangerous. But things will surely improve when he is no longer in power".
Now, Biden is president and there is bipartisan support for banning Tiktok and passing the Restrict Act, all the non-cuck Chinese are crying out loud:
