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Again, I could go on all day.
If you think this is ignorance, then you're keeping your head away from the sun.
I am sure you can go on day.
Some people, like you are obsessed by your bigotry.
Meanwhile- yeah I have been in China- repeatedly- and never had any problems.
I guess its just you they want to be rude to.
You know what's funny? You're willing to jump on my ass, take the high ground, and yet you've spent no time trying to understand the points I'm making.
That's not my problem at all. You continue to think I'm a bigot, I don't give a shit.
So, you've been in China repeatedly and had no problems. Maybe you just haven't been in China long enough for the issues I'm talking about to take effect, or maybe you stay in nice hotels where they lick foreigners's asses, and go around in taxis, and understand nothing anyone is saying to you right in front of your face.
I, on the other hand, know when a Chinese person is talking about me, and I've been in enough elevators, on enough subways, seen enough people spitting, seen enough selfishness to last me a life time.
But then again I guess I've seen the real China, and you've seen the nicey nicey China.
Well I don't understand Mandarin or Cantonese, or any of the other languages of China- if you do- you certainly have the advantage of me.
But.....I do have a friend who has lived in China for over 20 years and IS fluent in Mandarin- and has travelled all over China- and he doesn't find the Chinese rude as a people. And he loves the Chinese people- but not the Chinese government.
I have stayed at nice hotels- and yes- they are polite there- more polite than many hotels in Europe. But I have wandered through streets in small towns in China, and big cities- and never had a problem, other than turning down the usual offers of massage (that has changed- 15 years ago never got those offers). I have traveled by train and taxi's and the subway- by the way the people riding the subway in Shanghai are as polite as people riding the subway in New York City.
So base upon my experiences and your experiences- you just appear to either attract rude Chinese- or you just perceive all Chinese as rude.
And I don't.
Nor does my friend who has lived in China over 20 years and is fluent in Mandarin.
Sounds to me like what we have here is your personal prejudice.
What you have to understand is that "rude" means many different things.
I don't mean the Chinese will spit on people, I don't mean they'll be deliberately offensive towards foreigners. No, the exact opposite, they treat foreigners like film stars. Ie, hassling them for a photo, pointing at them and saying "waiguoren", saying "hello" and then laughing if you don't respond or laughing if you do respond.
But most of why the Chinese are rude is based around what they do within their society, this isn't aimed at foreigners at all. Many of these things I would guess some people can adapt to, and for others they just remain an annoyance.
Personal prejudice? How you take how someone acts is always going to be personal.
Beijing is Beijing. It's a tier one city. It has loads of foreigners, loads of Chinese people who are educated. Go to the sticks and live in places like that, then you'll see a different side to the Chinese. I've been to Beijing quite a few times and didn't get nearly as annoyed as I would in some tier 4 city.
So, all I'm suggesting is that my experience of China might be a little more "Chinese" than your view.