throwaway1yf

> In other words, what they actually fear is dropping from 99th percentile to 90th, and they think that possibility is worth starting World War III over.

Classic siege mentality. First assume OP is white and rich, then accuse the West hindering China from getting powerful while OP is focusing on human rights and equity. To be frank your argument is no better than common cliches from Wumao and Xiaofenhong.

> a large group of non-white people has escaped crushing poverty, but at the very fucking least Chinese people are no longer starving to death by the millions.

I'm pretty sure skin colour isn't related to poverty, maybe you can blame chairman Mao for that.

> this tiny measure of progress and hope

So you suggest all the bad things happened to Uyghurs and Han people can be justified with economic growth? That's just a lame argument used by the CCP all the time.