| Good article, but since 3 years in China I've seen/heard so many things like that (sometimes I was involved) and many times just having this -bitter- feeling... I wanted to leave France in order to see what was going on elsewhere in the world... I'm sometimes still ashamed to be French, mostly because French people are no more proud of their nation. When Chinese dogsbody workers go to some building site in Africa, they say that they do it for their country. But as Jay said "years of nationalistic education has created a very dangerous mentality in China". So, is there a properly middle??? That's "funny" because yesterday evening I was precisely speaking about globalization with my girlfriend (Chinese). I told her that, since 60 years, China has been sheltered from this effect, due to political reasons, but I think that in the future it won't be anymore the case. Therefore, Chinese people would maybe, one day, have a big shock because their country is changing faster than them (see China's freshly new involvement in international affairs... Deng Xiao Ping had foreseen that...). Maybe foreigners have done mistakes one century ago, but it was related to Chinese history at this time (a spoiled empire), then the "redeemer" came. But now China is doing all over the world what foreigners wanted to do in China one hundred years ago: conquer market shares!!! And they succeed! Chinese people still thinking that foreigners want to invade again Middle Kingdom are just assholes (but they represent 95% of the population...). I'm deeply sad for them, actually they are good people... they are just victims of... brainwashing... P.S.1: Jianshuo, I disagree only on one point with you: when you say "the society now is against people who are rich". I think that's the case in Western countries, and in the end I reckon it's more jealousy than other thing. But in China, -my feeling is that- everybody wants to become rich! That's simply due to this crazy consumer society... P.S.2: If I would be involved in such kind of event, I would just try to be a greater bastard than my assaulter(s). It's useless to try to speak/discuss with somebody who is deaf (Jianshuo, it reminds me when you were writing about "Jay walking". Here, these are the same people... It's not only a question of difference of culture, it's also because we're not from the same era). Maybe I'm stupid to say that... Anyway it will be nice to read this comment in 20 years hahaha |
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