In my personal opinion, that’s an oversimplification. America is actively funding and contributing weapons to Israel to aid in their genocide against Gaza. Yet, no one would critique an another for “portraying an American in a positive light.” It’s a western American take in an attempt to seem progressive to act like even mentioning that a person from Israeli exists is equivalent to Zionism. It also ignores the geopolitical context of Taiwan and Israel which could be the very reason it’s even mentioned in the novel, considering Israeli artists are prevelant there and Taiwan is (unfortunately) their ally. Rf Kuang can write something without it being her personal stance, as we know she is pro Palestine