Above statement is not right, at least not accurate.
Talking about the trade between China and US, the surplus on Chinese side has always been greater than deficit, which is why US governemnt has always been whinning every time Chinese delegation visited US.
I always wonder, why some Chinese are always super harsh on Chinese while Americans always so confident about everything they do.
On the other hand, I can't figure out what this article really argue about.
Some friends did warn me never to be the first customers of the day to a Chinese restaurant, because all you get is the leftovers of the previous day? True?
What you talk about here is a human nature, though a bad one, but it is not patented by Chinese only.
We know among white people, Hispanic people are slighted because their hair is darker.
WASPs may belittle Italian-Americans as well as Irish-Americans.
Lighter blacks are always snobbish to ebony black.
Don't we get used to see the rich look down the poor?
Where there is crowd there are stratifications. Even of our own children, we might favor one and estrange ourselves from the other, which we know we are not supposed to do.