@Gomilend well politics are everywhere, some cant deal with fact that in RL China is becomining No.1 in all fields. Even today when we play bf4 we laugh how Chinese boat is deliberately made in a way that while in combat it is 50% more difficult to repair than US one, even in that time you could feel politics in game in a wrong way.
So maybe even better we dont have China in 2042 as who knows what else they would do :D
Note how there is no Asian dude in 2042, and all other races are presented, while we do have Asian girl 🙂