# Political correctness - allowing China to dictate what we (Western nations) do or say.

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**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-allowing-china-to-dictate-what-we-western-nations-do-or-say/841478 "2019-10-08T15:21:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-allowing-china-to-dictate-what-we-western-nations-do-or-say/841478/98 "2019-10-10T19:10:48Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> It does anger me that we kowtow to them though.

You and two other posters used the term “kowtow”. I thought this was a racist derogatory term, and a Chinese-American friend agrees. Just a thought.

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