Looks like this novel had a more pro-china theme, I am starting to guess that it's a propaganda by the Beijing authorities, great xia wants to dominate the whole world sure speaks of China's ambitions in recent few years and it's efforts to make the yuan internationalize, basically this novel is becoming a ****, it depicts that only Chinese are Intelligent while the rest of the world are full of dunmbasses, I will make a complaint against these kind of propaganda novel
Actually should not be surprised about it being a bit more pro china, if this was an american novel, then it would be more pro american. so just relax and enjo0y it for what it is, a well written fantasy novel
TheBananaMan