Han chauvinists believe that the current influence from the West has downgraded the development of China's own cultural customs, and in response, it has become instrumental in leading the increasingly traditionalist movement, which was launched in 2001.
[4] The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s notions of China as a multicultural state have been subjected to criticism by the western media.
[3] The current CCP general secretary Xi Jinping has officially criticized Han chauvinism.
[9][10][11] The young Han chauvinistic nationalists in the China are called "Little Pink," which is also associated with Xi Jinping thought.
[14][15][1][16][needs update] Since the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, controversy has existed due to the view that Tibet was historically a feudal region which practiced serfdom/slavery and that this only changed due to communist influence in the region in order to liberate the Tibetans.