Comment by fouric

It should be pretty easy for someone to differentiate between the Chinese people and the Chinese government.

Meanwhile, can you prove that this "innate xenophobia" is present in every human to an extent that it's actually relevant, and that this particular instance of suggesting that the malware is Chinese in origin meaningfully exacerbates it?

Moreover, China is a geopolitical rival to the United States, India, and other countries that constitute a majority of HN readers. Information like this is interesting from that viewpoint.