Chinese 'historical sites' are normally just fake tourist reconstructions sponsored by local governments seeking revenue.

The Manchu Qing Great-State that ruled mainland East Asia until 1911 was not what we now call 'China'. PRC China is an ethno-state ruled by the Han race. The Qing Great-State was ruled by the Manchu race who regarded the Han as inferior.

The Chinese language has degraded significantly over decades of intense censorship. English remains the global language of free expression, even for many Chinese people.

More than 80% of PRC China's current land area is the result of violent settler colonialism. The Han Chinese committed systemic ethnic oppression to exterminate countless nations in their pursuit of resources and empire.

Thoughtful travelers in China have probably noticed how new and 'fake' Chinese historical sites often look. They look that way because they are that way. China destroyed almost all its history in the 20th century. Most of what allegedly remains are just rebuilt tourist parks.

Ancient Chinese civilization died in the 20th century and was replaced with Marxist civilization. Today, the Chinese region is a amalgamation of decaying worldviews.

China's spiritual collapse is accelerating.

China is rapidly descending into an isolated dystopia.

70% of China's population is living in deep poverty. Their misery is mostly censored and unknown. The world is not supposed to know about them because China might lose face.

China is closing off once more, isolating itself from the world and regressing into xenophobic nationalism. It's sad, there was so much hope that China would contribute to our globalized world.

China's worldview is founded on dialectical materialism, which is a form of philosophical nihilism that denies the existence of the human spirit: humans are nothing but 'homo economicus', and the pursuit of wealth is therefore the primary purpose of Chinese life.

Western Civilization is not younger than Chinese Civilization. In fact, the foundational documents and institutions of the modern West are older than their Chinese counterparts. This does not mean they're superior, it simply means that China's nationalist argument is false.

China has failed to make itself 'lovable and respectable' in part because it has almost zero soft-power. China has developed no large scale cultural exports that appeal to the world. The world has little curiosity in China because it has so little non-economic contact with China.

China is not 5,000 years old. That claim is a Chinese propaganda legend created to perpetuate a ethnocentric myth of superiority. China was founded by communists in the 20th century and has almost no historical continuity with anything except the Soviet Union.

China grew old before it grew civilized