[messe]

> China's first attempt is not a notable achievement in the same way the first successful landing after many failures is.

Landing on the first attempt is pretty impressive in itself, given the difficulty in landing at all is.

> I really hate these sinophiles' attempts to elevate China into some super-awesome, super-intelligent master race.

...I'm sorry, what the fuck are you talking about?

[sidlls]

There is a...contingent...of people here and in other social media venues who seem quite set on elevating the achievements of their chosen group (China, in this case) with exaggerated, unmerited praise, and simultaneously poo-pooing the (usually equally or even more notable) achievements of others.

It's not just with China; it happens in other areas, too, usually focused on eastern nations or private enterprise (e.g., classical/ancient period mathematicians from India, SpaceX, etc.). I don't know if it's overcompensation for westerners' historically casual and sometimes active diminishing/ignoring these accomplishments or what, but it comes off as a tasteless attempt to assert superiority where none exists. And I'm just kinda tired of seeing it.