A government and its people are not equivalent. The people should not be shamed in the same manner that you would shame a government.

More importantly, with your last sentence you’re implying that China and the entire eastern world is not civilized. Shame on you.

You’re right, the government and its people are not equivalent.

Comments like this are completely unacceptable on Hacker News and we ban accounts that post this way. I've addressed this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26548697.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26547861.