They only opened up and modernized because they were forced to by the Western powers or by circumstance.
They are supposedly far along in bringing human genetic engineering treatments to clinical practice.
They will listen to The Voice.
Similar case in point, Kanye West race-shaming Dubya.
Looking though some of the linked material I think that like all of us he might have been less careful or maybe less thoughtful when he was younger.
When a girl declares herself a boy or vice-versa , we now officially believe that the miracle of transubstantiation has taken place.