1. As bitcoin becomes more and more valuable, it strengthens the foundations of the Chinese or modern blockchain economy
It strengthens bitcoin
WORLDWIDE. Not sure why we should always look at if it will benefit China or not. Good luck looking for any technology that's not going to benefit China.
2. Bitcoin is literally scarce, or in other words, if we are to call gold scarce, we must say bitcoin is rarer than scarce.
How is this a criticism though?