Interesting to witness the narrative shift on Chinese innovation and economic leadership since DeepSeek AI

For decades there were the typical anti-China rhetoric (which by extension insinuated the same of Chinese people and Asian heritage people Korea/Japan/Taiwan - whether you liked it or not).

• Intellectual property theft is how Asian economies thrive - "They can't make original ideas"
• Lack of innovation and creativity - "It's ingrained in the cultures therefore no competition to us"
• Cheap labor - "Get things done here with the good little worker bees who you can pay less"
• Low cost - "If you need cheap goods and commodities, get it here"

But perusing all of the recent articles on the traditional media mouthpieces like Bloomberg, NY Times and Fox News there's most definitely a significant sea change in the conversation. Now western elites are actually questioning whether western societies are behind in innovation and have misunderstood the economic effects of China's rise and by extension what's happening the rest of Asian societies in terms of economic development, technology advancements, and societal transformations resulting from it.

Even on reddit, which is typically an echo chamber of Peter Zeihan brainrot talking points and Gordon Chang mouthbreather anti-intellectualism, has started shifting the conversation.

This is obviously something the diaspora should already be fully aware of (unless you've stuffed your head under a rock and haven't travelled the motherlands for a while). But go to r/futorology and r/Economics for example and you actually see..... dare a say: "respect".

Frankly, this basic level of respect is what all of us want. A positive externality. This also furthers the inescapable truth -- regardless of how patriotic you are or whatever your political leanings Asians are for the most part viewed as a monolith.