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In fact very few Chinese people think China government is awesome.. If you ask people in or out of China, they tend to complain a lot. However, they will not give you any better solution.
Yeah they probably don't find the Chinese government to be awesome.
But then when other people start criticising it, they tend to explode.
In fact very few Chinese people think China government is awesome.. If you ask people in or out of China, they tend to complain a lot. However, they will not give you any better solution.
I dunno, I think that these people I photographed praying to Mao in Shaoshan a couple weeks ago think that he's pretty awesome... an interesting counterpoint to the blatherings of foreign media on this anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution, and of overseas Chinese who don't actually know anything at all about contemporary life in China and at turns extol its virtues and decry its failures since they don't actually know what to think about it.
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Yes, some Americans become defensive when America is criticised by non-Americans.
However, there is tremendous complaining and criticising by Americans that takes place in the US.
Yes, there is some criticism in China made by some Chinese citizens.
But, again, the difference is in degrees. The criticisms that Americans point at the US Government are made in the open and freely and all the time.
In contrast, Chinese people criticise the CCP very carefully, and at their own risk.
The differences are a matter of degrees. But, the gap is so wide that there really is no sense trying to say that there is any true similarity.
Oh, completely. Look at universities in the US, where there are open debates as to whether the educational climate caters enough to other cultures or is too "Eurocentric," and there is extremely open criticism of the US government and its various misdeeds against other nations - arguments that a lot of the boosters here, and their ilk all over the internet will gladly engage in the second that anyone brings up a singly problem about China, but which are spurred on domestically by Americans themselves.
Now look at Chinese universities, where there has been a government edict to limit the amount of "Western" education that takes on in classrooms and to adopt a curriculum and ethos that more directly bolsters the successes and glory of the Chinese government and ignores its failures.
Of course no one likes it when outsiders criticize their homeland, but China being a much more insular and homogeneous society reacts to it very differently from the US. The more that China grows in global prominence, the more that it should get used to it - the longer you're onstage, the more fault people will find with your performance.
I dunno, I think that these people I photographed praying to Mao in Shaoshan a couple weeks ago think that he's pretty awesome... an interesting counterpoint to the blatherings of foreign media on this anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution, and of overseas Chinese who don't actually know anything at all about contemporary life in China and at turns extol its virtues and decry its failures since they don't actually know what to think about it.
MODS: I took these pictures, please don't take them down for being copyright violations as they aren't.
I dunno, I think that these people I photographed praying to Mao in Shaoshan a couple weeks ago think that he's pretty awesome... an interesting counterpoint to the blatherings of foreign media on this anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution, and of overseas Chinese who don't actually know anything at all about contemporary life in China and at turns extol its virtues and decry its failures since they don't actually know what to think about it.
MODS: I took these pictures, please don't take them down for being copyright violations as they aren't.
Oh it's very common to worship famous (dead) people in China. Some people believed those became gods and could protect them, the same as their deceased ancestors. That does not mean they do not use dirty words on the Chinese communist party or China government. Also, Mao worshippers tend to dislike Deng.
Oh, completely. Look at universities in the US, where there are open debates as to whether the educational climate caters enough to other cultures or is too "Eurocentric," and there is extremely open criticism of the US government and its various misdeeds against other nations - arguments that a lot of the boosters here, and their ilk all over the internet will gladly engage in the second that anyone brings up a singly problem about China, but which are spurred on domestically by Americans themselves.
Now look at Chinese universities, where there has been a government edict to limit the amount of "Western" education that takes on in classrooms and to adopt a curriculum and ethos that more directly bolsters the successes and glory of the Chinese government and ignores its failures.
Of course no one likes it when outsiders criticize their homeland, but China being a much more insular and homogeneous society reacts to it very differently from the US. The more that China grows in global prominence, the more that it should get used to it - the longer you're onstage, the more fault people will find with your performance.
Every college student in China knows the government is full of BS. However most young people in China don't care anything about politics and don't have any intelligent opinion on those issues.
It's true that Chinese people are more skeptical about Western ideas than other Asians, because Chinese have no faith to anything. But it also depends on your social circle.
You do realize that the reason East Asian culture did not expand much beyond where it did in RL is because East Asians (as in the states, governments, and people in charge) were historically so secure and arrogant about their superiority that they didn't think it was necessary for them to interact with others.
what are you talking about? Chinese influence are evident in SE Asia.
Oh it's very common to worship famous (dead) people in China. Some people believed those became gods and could protect them, the same as their deceased ancestors. That does not mean they do not use dirty words on the Chinese communist party or China government. Also, Mao worshippers tend to dislike Deng.
Obviously there's nothing wrong with worshipping dead people, the issue is the person being worshipped here is a mass murderer and would most certainly not give a crap about protecting them.
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It's true that Chinese people are more skeptical about Western ideas than other Asians, because Chinese have no faith to anything. But it also depends on your social circle.
I actually find a lot of Chinese people to have quite a lot of faith in the government. Not in a 'looking after themselves' kind of way, but more of a 'we will rule the world and one day everyone will speak Chinese because our government is so mighty and we have so much money and other countries are so scared of us' type of twisted mindset.
Lots of Chinese people also love to talk about the 5000 years of history and culture bs, which is extremely annoying and hilariously ignorant, as if all other countries are inferior culturally and historically. So there, I guess you guys also have a lot of faith in your history and culture.
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