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Why are the Chinese copying posts?
Why there are many others but only Chinese cannot copy?
I think it was a great idea by the Indian dude, so why not for other cultures? I'm curious. this is what blind should be for.
Do you know Arunachal and Aksai Chin?
Sorry checked on internet. I know part of that. Looks like you have a concern. But I don't know that. Sorry.
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Are you Han Chinese or minority?
I am Han but Han is pretty mixed. Lot of my friends and relatives were minority but they still think they are Han. Han is not a concept of race but a culture thing I guess. Other Chinese can help me to comment on this.
Chinese Han culture is very open minded. You can claim Han if you believe its culture and philosophy: Only when things are investigated is knowledge extended; only when knowledge is extended are thoughts sincere; only when thoughts are sincere are minds rectified; only when minds are rectified are the characters of persons cultivated; only when character is cultivated are our families regulated; only when families are regulated are states well governed; only when states are well governed is there peace in the world.
What are the common stereotypes Chinese have on other races? Especially interested in knowing about Indians, white people in the U.S, Japanese, Muslims and African Americans. EDIT: Doesn't have to be just the stereotypes. Even genuine opinions are appreciated!
Sigh. I grew up from mainland for many years we were taught to be nice to anyone. And I did not have race concept until I moved here. In my childhood, American is the super man, miki, mike Jordan, Whitney Huston. I did not understand the case of O.J. Simpson until I moved here and felt what was that for. So, back to your question. In china, we have two type of people, rich and poor. Everyone wants to be rich in one way. Being poor is bad thing. Race is not a problem, it is even a better thing to be minority.
I can try to answer from my view. Indian: most of us hate ICC, but many of us have good Indian friends (usually from school/work) We think some Indians are hard working. Some are lazy and always want to cheat the system. White: nothing much. (as long as they are not racist a-hole) Japanese: I guess for many Chinese , first thing came to mind about Japan is their adult culture... (I almost never see/ talk with a Japanese) Muslims: I rarely heard about Muslim in china. Only thing I was taught was respect their believe and don't eat pork in front of them. AA: Basketball players, rapper. And Chinese people generally are afraid of AA in certain situation (at night, on a street filled with the smell of weed, etc) but to other AA, like coworkers, I view them the same as other Americans.
Why do Asians like to take pictures of their food at restaurants?
I don't and ... crying ... I don't know why maybe there is nothing they can photo without any trouble? LOL
probably cuz Asian food has way more varieties and tastes better than western food? Food is a great part of culture for countries like China and Japan.
Some Indians end up growing to become CEOs or leaders, but it's very rare for Chinese. What's the difference? Why are Chinese less adaptive culturally than any other country? Why do Chinese work a lot harder than people from other cultures. (genuinely - I asked some people these and never got a satisfying answer)
To me there are two things. We have great CEOs in China speaking Chinese. Remember the CEO of xiaomi in one of the new product release stage. His first sentence was... are you ok.... so the English is one key. Secondly, culture, we were educated to active first rather than talk in the air. Someone who can only talk will not find a position in our community. We need to improve that. There are actually lots of good CEOs like nvdia Kingston or yahoo. But they are not from china mainland. We should see more and more so called leadership from Chinese people. Being a CEO is great thing, being a qualified solder is also great. We should have more eager to show the leadership.
So the culture is dismissive of expression and hence you reserve yourself quickly when accousted? I guess that explains some of it. unfortunately English is a barrier, but it's the most commonly understood trade language in the world (won't get into how trade languages evolve).
I met lots of warm hearted Chinese when I was traveling in china. But here in SV office most Chinese are nonchalant as u described
I feel one of the reasons is that many Chinese here in SV are from poor families and weren't able to be taught decent manners when growing up. They became rich only because they knew how to code. But from their mindset they are still backward.
Why are older Chinese women so pushy on public transportation? (San Francisco). Will push you to get on a train/bus before you or get an open seat. I've chalked it up to cultural difference, she came from China and it is crowded there? Strangely I've rarely seen this behavior in older Chinese men.
I am sorry for their behavior but ... older Chinese women are a "unique" group and they behave like that everywhere. I am also pissed off by them when I take public transportation in China. I am a female in my 20s and I swear I wouldn't behave like that when I get older๐
Where does that behavior come from? I genuinely want to understand it.
Is loud slurping during lunch mandatory or just a fun way to annoy coworkers?
I always wanna kill when I'm around
My wife does that too. It means delicious and comfortable like home. Since it is in us, we should obey some existing cultural things here aka eating silent... but in china mainland it is not even a thing. Sorry about that. Yummy. I will copy you thought to my wife hope she won't kill me. :)
Why do you copy others instead of coming up with something authentic?
Good point. From my understanding. The authentic is expensive and worth of doing that, unfortunately it is not very well enforced by the gov. So coping is the fastest and cheapest way to grow. We need better law and obey the law.