Ah, I see the gist of your point. I wonder if this Clean distinction allows connection with Hong Kong or other Chinese but not-exactly-PRC groups.
This is very explicitly not racist in its goal, even if it also a bad idea for other reasons. This has nothing to do with Chinese people as a race/ethnicity and everything to do with the behavior of the PRC/CCP government and state run corporations.
I am not defending this policy, but I think calling it racist is absurd.