I think this is an example of athiesm being used to justify imperialism in much the same way that Christianity used to
"those people are savages who worship false gods and need to accept Christ"
"those people are savages who worship false gods and need to accept secular humanism"
the poster seems to be an Indian nationalist of some sort
They probably do got a lot of that sweet sweet lithium in Xinjiang so China does have a material interest at stake.
But their methods aren't strafing towns with depleted uranium so it's incomprehensible to those DoD ghouls.
also there were terrorist attacks within China by separtist groups which a state can't really just ignore