To be fair, I've met a few good Chinese citizens, which is not
the majority unfortunately. The majority of those who I've come
across can be the kind to blame you when their mistakes are the
cause of the trouble in the first place. Some of them unreasonably
expect to be catered to like kings and queens. This culture I
believe was developed as a result of the extreme speed in which
China acquired its recent wealth without re-educating their
citizens. Just like it would be difficult to have Bill Gates go
down to the normal Singaporean level of a 5 room HDB flat with a 2
liter/1.6 liter car, it can be difficult for a poor farmer or
contractor to get used to the niceties of Morton's
Restaurant.
One scenario in Night Safari some Chinese tourists were told
specifically not to use flash photography in English and Mandarin
but still kept snapping away, until a Caucasian stepped up and said
"Hey stop the flashes!" The Chinese tourists just glared at him
like it was their godgiven right to flash away. Do you have any
idea how a flash can freak out animals not socialized to it? My
guess was that the incident months ago where a cat attached itself
to a tourist's leg might have been caused by aggravating behavior
on part of the tourist or someone else's. Most animals are smart
enough to go for the one that pisses them off.
You must remember, having a one child policy not only ensures that
two sets of grandparents and one set of parents dote on one child,
which can lead to spoilt brats.
I know a Chinese businessman from Xiamen who actually detests doing
business with them because they do not stick to their words and
contracts. Imagine many years ago China had much stronger, better
morals than many countries. They were whacked by Western countries
who wanted parts of their territory, Britain and Portugal
anyone?
I'm not promoting them and I don't really condone their occasional
rogish behavior, having had much more worse experiences than good
ones. Besides Eric07 I do not think that challenging someone to
tell the Chinese people to their face you do not like them is very
wise, instead of questioning someone's courage, you give me the
impression you like to use numbers to intimidate people who
disagree with you.
The odd thing here is, I've yet to read anything that says China
has started wars of aggression like in the two world wars, however
everyone is concerned about their rising power even though they've
got no history of wanting to be like Nazi Germany. Why? We may see
China proclaiming to be peaceful and only interested in economic
power, organizations like the EU doing trade with them on goods
that would normally be frowned upon like weapons, but we must also
remember that politics is occasionally about treating your worst
enemy like your best friend sometimes.
