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China is not as developed on average. But China is ghastly? Maybe in Western propaganda. I used to read articles about China on Yahoo News, and realized you would think China is hell if you only get information from there. I mean, at least 80% news are negative there. Not to mention CNN or Foxnews.
Have you been to China?
this is exactly why so many Americans have absolutely no knowledge about real China yet many have very strong opinions as if they were experts.
I feel sorry for those who are so brainwashed by the western propaganda machine, which is as strong as Chinese media but smarter, without realizing it. Reading the CNN makes me understand why so many people act like that.
The CNN is incredibly, unbelievably biased with its own set of agenda. Providing unadulterated facts, impartial analysis or just the complete picture never seems to be of any concern. I despise it from the bottom of my heart.
You said you married a Taiwanese. Now you have in-laws in China (meaning mainland)?
My wife is obviously the daughter of waishengren parents in Taiwan. As such, she has family in China. Lots of family in China.
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Originally Posted by yueng-ling
Oh, marrying a Taiwanese probably won't help you understand (mainland) China in a neutral way.
Oh, but, studying China since the age of 12, traveling to China many times over the past 30 years, speaking Chinese, having business with Chinese entities over the past 20 years, having Chinese in-laws who I have known since 1989... That might give me some insights to China and the Chinese.
Does anyone know what cities in Taiwan have the strongest Japanese "feel?" I've only been to Taipei and a few rural areas but I don't see where that's coming from.
Strange question. Most Taiwanese don't think fondly of the Japanese, and wouldn't be interested in supporting a "Japanese feel" to any locale there. I've been in communities where the elders all spoke Japanese, not Chinese. They didn't have anything good to say about the Japanese.
Strange question. Most Taiwanese don't think fondly of the Japanese, and wouldn't be interested in supporting a "Japanese feel" to any locale there. I've been in communities where the elders all spoke Japanese, not Chinese. They didn't have anything good to say about the Japanese.
It obviously differs from person to person but I'd say the majority of Taiwanese population are fond of Japan, or at least not anti-Japan like how Koreans and Chinese are. There are various reasons behind such sentiment(the revisit of the colonial past, the massive Japanese cultural output, the fact that Japan is the most successful society in Asia, an obvious common enemy, and they weren't that cruel to Taiwanese in comparison with to Koreans etc.) but that's just the way it is.
It's also perfectly reasonable for those you met to dislike the Japanese though, the Japanese weren't exactly all cotton candy and bubble tea when they were colonising us.
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At least I don't think eating dogs is allowed in taiwan. The taiwanese I know tend to be very kind to animals, which I really appreciate. The Chinese are not nearly as evolved in that respect and they are extremely cruel to animals.
I've brought my puppy from China to Japan. I don't want to see any dogs are eaten, however, I think that's only my ego.
If the Chinese who eat dogs are not evolved, so are the Swiss who eat dogs.
If the Chinese who eat dogs are not evolved, so are the Swiss who eat dogs.
Of course. Anyone who eats dog is neanderthal-like.
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