Incidentally, the chinese do have tiny little trees too... they call it penjing and it has a slightly different aesthetic to japanese bonsai.

I was surprised to see them do this during the live show... the mild racism somehow comes off worse, probably because it's not surrounded by their usual taking the piss out of everyone and everything. If you're prejudiced against everyone equally it's fine... especially if it's mostly against the belgians.

I did like the modernised verse at the start though.

I debated that part of it when posting but then realized, hey, if South Park can make a Canadian look like a PacMan with two dots for eyes and a fully bisecting mouth, this has gotta be at least reasonably okay.

The "mild racism" is in your head.

Firstly by thinking of the "chinese" as a "race".

Also the song is only funny if you get the joke and then it is mildly anti-racist. Also only mildly amusing.

Imagine an analogous song about "russians" - would that be mildly racist? If sung by a respectable coloured gentleman? Or would it simply be on the cusp of being amoral, like all humour?

Of course if russians had tiny trees they would be the biggest tiny trees in the world, ever.

I like russians
I like russians
Half the world is what their country spans
They like red and they're hairy and they're not "muricans"

I like russians
I like russians
You never see them having tans
They drink vodka, make caviar, and are hockey fans

I like russian food
As long as the waiter's not nude
It's made from potatoes that they grow all their lives
The girls are quite pretty and make great trophy wives

(and so on)

Good points. You have convinced me though the medium of song.