Everyone outside the imperial core is subjected to the American/European outside observer, the least you can do is return the favor.
Maybe it'll stop some people from going "China bad this. China bad that" when they haven't read a single letter from someone who lives there.
I'm sure you've read Mao's comments on Han Chauvinism, so let's put to bed any suggestion that that's not a thing.
From that starting point, there's nothing crazy about acknowledging there's a tension between a national identity based upon the linguistic and cultural assimilation and respecting the inherent dignity of ethnic, linguistic, and cultural minorities (e.g. the 55 recognized minzu) within the territory.
Minority languages and traditions certainly have influenced the dominant culture; Mandarin and Chinese culture have changed with the times (hence all those cool words from Mongolian and Manchu). And the flexibility of Chinese culture allowed it to persist through, for example, Manchurian rule.
However, there is a tightrope to be walked here. In my post above I specifically was being critical of the tendency towards ethnonationalism. And unfortunately, I think in Party policy we can see those tendencies.
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I'm convinced.