It's xenophobia. Whenever Chinese anything is brought up someone has to bring up something unrelated to show how horrible china is.
Same thing happens with pollution per capita or any number of environmental metrics. People jump through insane mental hoops to paint China as far worse than the USA.
Given the current US administration I don't see any respect. America wants a shining beacon on their tech and offerings while my continent Europe and others has to be painted in a worse light.