The whole China hype plays perfectly into western stereotypes about simple minded savages that need to be saved and educated, or in this case, dragged into a pump and dump shady investement.
This isn't an issue of race. You can make it one, but why?
The point was that MORE people than ever before now know about Bitcoin. The buzz that came out of this was that the tone of the documentary was way more positive than anyone could have anticipated.
Its not an issue of race at all imo. Its a fact that the internet has leveled the playing field of the stereotypical "less advanced" countries. They are privy to all the same information of the perceived "advanced" societies.