#like I know the trend to credit Chinese douyin shit to japan or Korea but do you have to do it with our history too?

[imfromthemiddlekingdom]

My biggest pet peeve when it comes to reading Chinese history metas written by westerners on tumblr is how they attribute very specifically Chinese culture shit with “East Asian™️”. Why must you attribute my country’s history to the entire sino sphere? We did influence the region with our culture and art and religions but there are still some very specific Chinese things that should not be attributed to the entire region but I don’t know why some people just automatically paint it as a “East Asian™️” thing instead of a Chinese thing, why are you so adverse to credit my country, my culture for our history? Why do you have to attribute my cultures success to the entire region when it has no connection to the bigger sino sphere?

#Chinese history #idk why some people are so adverse in saying Chinese #like I know the trend to credit Chinese douyin shit to japan or Korea but do you have to do it with our history too? #It’s frustrating seeing how white people or more generally western people try to say that some very specific Chinese culture thing is #actually an East Asian thing when it’s not #yes there’s a lot of overlap due to the Sino spheres influence but also Chinese culture and history is ours and not the entire regions???