I'm surprised by the negative feelings towards the mainland
chinese. It is important to realise that every
race/country/religion has its fair share of black sheep. I for one,
do not think that identifying oneself as westernised gives you a
stronger claim to be the fairer species.
The chinese may be ignorant, but that is the result of having had a
closed society/economy for decades. For things they have not seen
or experienced, they can only make assumptions. Of course when the
reality is beyond their expectations, they show surprise. It is
only natural.
Moreover with the Singaporean government trumpeting on a daily
basis the claim that this island state is the bridge between the
East and the West, who would not expect the Chinese in Singapore to
speak mandarin?
Are the western nations also not intend or ruling the world and
grabbing resources for themselves? If not, why was Singapore a
colony and the US still in Iraq?
