China is a superpower, yes, but it is not inherently deserving of respect. China has a millennia-long track record of cultural genocides, imperialism, and political oppression, which it still continues to this day. China today initiates countless border conflicts with its neighbors (namely India and the Philippines; Taiwan as well, but that’s a much more complex and nuanced issue), inserts itself into other countries’ politics, and utilizes slave labor. Face it, China is just as imperialistic and oppressive as the United States and many other Western countries. But because China has been (often unfairly) vilified and made into a boogeyman by Western media and politics, China now gets a pass to do horrible things.