Looking through this 2013 Pentagon study on 'Chinese racism' and how the US can supposedly use it to its advantage. Highlights so far: Includes a dynastic chronology; chapter 1 is on the evo psych origins of racism; no primary sources in the bibliography. esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Doc…
"The Chinese commonly believe that they are cleverer than others, and so may shape events in an oblique manner or through shi [势], the strategic manipulation of events. This conceit among the Chinese that they can manipulate others is supremely dangerous for Asian stability."
I skipped to the part on the Communist era and he says the Communist Party doesn't have explicitly racist views but when they talk about class they secretly mean race. His only source for this is Frank Dikötter.
On the basis of these bizarre "class means race" intellectual gymnastics he concludes: "We are dealing with a state that is more akin in its racial beliefs to Nazi Germany than to Western democracies."
If this is indicative of the quality of the research that's done at the Office of Net Assessment (the Pentagon's think tank), I'm surprised the US hasn't accidentally nuked itself.
Looks like this was a theme at the Office of Net Assessment. Here's 2011 report by what appears to be the same author using evo psych and China's supposed cultural differences to argue "China seeks confrontation with the US". esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Doc…
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