thrwy_01

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Chinese nationalism is trying to follow in the footsteps of Japanese nationalism of the early 20th century. We all know how that played out.

This is exactly my experience. The beliefs and utterances of many Chinese wouldn't be out of place in 1930s Germany, replacing the appropriate nouns. The scary thing is this has been going on for decades, just not visible to most outsiders.

For the uninformed, the Chinese communist party has historically been the foremost destroyer of (traditional) Chinese culture and history. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds

Given that he was born in Taiwan, I wonder what he thinks about the territorial integrity of the PRC with respect to Taiwan. While the hk protesters demands do not (to my knowledge) generally include seccesion from china, Taiwan is much further along in that respect, de facto. In this case, it would me hypocritical for him not to promote immediate, at least partial integration (eg, abolish the roc military and have the PRC responsible for Taiwans defense). Can anyone come up with any statements from him on this topic?

Even if the writers clearly make this distinction, Chinese people, driven by Chinese propaganda, will often conflate the two. Indeed, Chinese people, even in a non political context will sometimes treat a comment about a single Chinese individual as a statement about all Chinese people.

I think we need to understand why the Chinese government "is never wrong" from a cultural context. In traditional east Asian culture the patriarch / Lord / boss is never wrong. The same power dynamics of government exist at every level of society. The superior owes some responsibility to the subordinate but (in practice) ultimately is not accountable, which lends itself to a corruption of power.

I think we would do well to explain to our Chinese friends what we mean by the communist party taking credit for the economic success of China. For one, the latest and most pronounced grown spurt of the last ~20 years coincides with the admission of China to the wto, under the support of the USA, with the explicit understanding that china would liberalize it's economy and in general, play fairly. Seeing this exchange as a zero sum game has benefited china even more in the short term at the detriment of others, although Western naivete has been changing.

I don't understand why people are down voting this comment, as I think it is an accurate reflection of what many mainland Chinese would consider an honest and balanced opinion. When the primary goal of the last generation has been stability and the promotion of economic growth over personal freedoms and liberties, this is probably the opinion many non Chinese would have when placed in a similar situation. This does not exist the complete hypocrisy of the Chinese government, but I think it would be tragic to stoop to their level in drowning out the honest, good faith opinions of others.

Chinese [ethno]nationalism is a sick disease reminiscent of german or Japanese nationalism pre WWII. That Chinese people, of all groups, don't recognize the similarities constantly shocks me, along the same lines about how Chinese are in general very sensitive about losing face (American translation - ego trip), and that causes them to do things that gives them a bad reputation in the eyes of others - a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy.

Isnt there a similar level of competition in all of those places?

Also I've met a lot of mainland Chinese people who recently immigrated to the us and can say that they don't seem like unscrupulous people at a significantly greater rate than the general population.

We hear a lot about Chinese cheating, from sat scores to ip theft. I've long wondered - why is cheating endemic in China whereas you don't hear the same complaints about people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore; places with large ethnic Chinese populations which should be very similar culturally to mainland China. It seems implausible that the value systems in these places would have so widely diverged in a relatively short amount of time. Or perhaps it is the legal and regulatory environment (or lack thereof) that brings out the worst in people when they know they can get away with it?

Could you please give us examples of propaganda in chemistry (or any other hard science) class?

The bottom line... with rampant cheating on standardized tests, fabricated school records, and massive "assistance" in college applications, it has become almost impossible to accurately measure the merit of most applicants from east asia.

First order effects arising from this are not that big a deal, those students will either wash out in in the university setting, or will end up cheating their way through school to the degree that they will be useless to many employers afterwards. The bigger issues is that, whether due to malice or not, schools have limited enrollment spots and people who try to "play fair" will be left at a disadvantage. Some might say that this is not all bad; that it prepares students for the real world. But I would like to think that we want to protect our culture/society from devolving into the sort of low trust free for all that exists in some other parts of the world. Anecdotally I've heard that this shift has already started to permeate our universities, where many students feel immense pressure to cheat because so many other people are doing it.

I'd be lying if I said that this didn't have a big effect on the way I view recent east asian immigrants in the workforce. Let you say I'm xenophobic, "recent east asian immigrant" would accurately describe many people in my family and social circles, and if I didn't open my mouth, the average bystander might assume I would be in that category as well.

The college board and individual colleges are not exactly innocent bystanders in all of this, and I'm glad I got through the system before these issues became acute, but I feel really badly for students from anywhere who actually play by the rules.

I have some family members who are going through the immigration process, and they and I have talked to many others who have gone through the same; acquaintances, coworkers, friends. I was saddened the first time I heard these stories. After hearing them a dozen times I was horrified. It really shattered my illusions that people who should ostensibly have a similar perspective to me could be so radically different. One part of me hates to share these stories as there are many people in this country who would look at me and associate me with them by dint of the obvious ethnic similarity. But I think it does my fellow citizens a great disservice not to be informed.

Another reason why Chinese love coming here is to take advantage of government benefits, particularly with regard to medical care. There is effectively no social safety net over there, and Chinese who are well off enough to set themselves up over here find America to be an easy mark. I personally know of many recent immigrants talking about loopholes to hide their overseas assets to qualify for Medicare and section 8 vouchers, and how to avoid detection of their ties to the communist party.

A big difference between these immigrants and earlier waves is the ones coming now have already made it, often by being shrewd about playing the system. This also means they have no compulsion or desire to assimilate, unlike past immigrants who had to work within the system here to ultimately find success. I have been personally shocked by the level of contempt shown of American values - although this is something you will only see expressed to members of the same circle (I look like them and can talk like them, which gains me admittance).

All of my own grandparents and some of my own parents immigrated from china, and I have many other friends, acquaintances and family members who I would qualify as recent arrivals (my more negative statements apply to some of them) so I am not inherently anti Chinese immigrant. But I am not optimistic about the new arrivals being a positive thing in the long term.