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From economics, military to science and technology, China has made amazing strides. Domestically-produced aircraft and aircraft carriers were recently highlighted along with historic steps in space. As China continues its impressive march toward the future, however, Chinese society has been left far behind with very little improvements in mentality and conduct.There can be no Chinese rejuvenation without addressing the problem of foreign worship in Chinese society, it is simply incompatible.IQiyi recently entered into a licensing deal with Netflix. This is after Netflix portrayed an Asian sex slave who claimed to be the daughter of the Chinese emperor on their show Vikings, where the protagonist had relations with, and subsequently drowned her. This is after Netflix made Iron Fist, some white guy who does kung fu, orientalism on steroids. This is after Netflix announced a Legend of the Monkey adaptation, where there is only one half-Asian actor and no Chinese. Shortly after this deal, Netflix announced their documentary Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower. Those in charge of China's entertainment industry continue to cause incredible harm. Their failure to pay attention to what is going on is alarming. Their refusal to address how Chinese actors and actresses are shown on screen is short-sighted. Their absence of punishing offenders is irresponsible. Their ignorance of what messages films are portraying to the audience is frustrating. The entertainment industry should be treated as a national security matter.An example is the outrage over Yang Shuping's speech at the University of Maryland. People were mad because she belittled China. Chinese society in its current state already does that spectacularly. She was just another foreign worshiping girl. Many racist anti-China expats on Western sites have Chinese spouses and half-Chinese children. There are even several examples of Chinese women being paired with outright white supremacists. r/Hapas on reddit has an entire list under "2017 full list of Neo Nazis, alt-rights, conservatives, white supremacists who fetish / marry / date Asian women." To most normal people, this association of Asian women and white supremacists is beyond disturbing. For a Chinese society that is ignorant and obsessed with foreign worship, it's unclear whether this is even bad news.The problem with thinking that just because a person was born and raised in China will know better can be seen in the long list of so called "dissidents," some whom have openly admitted to being brainwashed by foreign forces. The problem is that Chinese citizens were sent overseas to be educated, to learn Western "values" and thinking. There is no basis to believe those born and raised in China won't become participants in enabling hostile foreign agendas. China's negligence has created people like Anastasia Lin, who now preach anti-China propaganda for the Falun Gong cult. Nothing was done to prevent the problem early, and then China had to bar her from entry during a beauty pageant and the whole world saw.Chinese society has not been nurtured properly, not by parents, not by school, not by media. That is the real explanation for all those examples.The author is a writer from KultureMedia, a media watchdog on behalf of Asian Americans. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn