Watching a documentary series about the history of astronomy, Gods in the Sky, I'm begining to suspect it's yet another racist front for re-asserting Europe as the home of the only progressive and most advanced thought onthe face of the planet.
Worrying
It's meant to be scholarly (all the big names in astronomy are there) yet researchers didn't even bother to check whether a Chinese astronomical/astrological document was being filmed the right way up....
This seems to indicate a lack of respect or understanding of all things Chinese in the first place - hardly the basis for a rational investigation into the contribution of China to astronomy...
but they're the scholars...