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one can dig up this emotive material in all cultures even in China Heizy..Richmond is indeed a microcosm of China. Its good and bad points.

True.

It follows that we can agree that all of humanity  shares identical commonalities.  Right?

It only remains to answer which commonalities.

Unfortunately the zeal to which this movie points is all about  China's insatiable desire for global power and dominace and what it takes to get there.

Well, that's where you are wrong.
The essence of what this Chinese movie shows, is not unique to China at all  - worker migration ;depravity; exploitation -  has happened during the last century in Europe and in the USA , even right here in Canada , albeit on a much smaller scale but for similar political and economic reasons. 

To the commonalities:
Education as the key to   success  is one of the main points of that movie; nothing 'Chinese' about it, parents all over the world  echo that cadence.
I have many times , in several countries,  witnessed  great parental sacrifices in order to pave a better, more stable, secure  life  for their offspring. Many immigrants come to Canada just for this reason - a good , affordable , education - alone.

Its very uncomfortable to have it dressed up in this curtsy fashion even though is focusing in on a family. Sorry not interested. I see insanity on a large scale and its indeed very disturbing. Thanks anyway. Forcing ones children in this manic way is a problem in  itself.

You would have a valid point if indeed the movie showed uniquely Chinese cirumstances and conditions  , but this is not the case at all. If this movie were to be shown to people all over the world , juxtaposing it with their own life , they would , by some degree, easily recognise past or present parallels.   

Since you have not watched that particular movie , you can hardly say ' I see insanity on a large scale and its indeed very disturbing.'