Comments on: US Human Rights Hypocrisy – Exhibit Numero Uno: Nancy Pelosi http://www.chinaoutsider.com/2009/06/06/us-human-rights-hypocrisy-exhibit-numero-uno-nancy-pelosi/ Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: carine neier http://www.chinaoutsider.com/2009/06/06/us-human-rights-hypocrisy-exhibit-numero-uno-nancy-pelosi/comment-page-1/#comment-10 carine neier Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:30:00 +0000 http://www.chinaoutsider.com/?p=28#comment-10 I think most chinese i know would be really happy to read your article. there's certainly some kind of an overfocus on china's bad everything in our medias, and it's triggering a pretty negative reaction in chinese people, because it's felt like agressivity and a denial of their value. they take it very personally. it's actually turning them against the west, as they feel we don't recognise any of their achievements and we're plotting against them. why we "don't like china" is actually quite misunderstood, in my opinion... the personal freedom concept that we grow up and live with that makes us reject their system isn't known much to them. it's like a "fear of big brother" syndrom, that makes us reject many things that they live with everyday. we're thinking "how can they accept that!?"... (and sometimes they'd answer "what do you mean?") the thing is, we grew up in a different place with a different education in which we were taught that some things were absolutely necessary to a normal life and we look at china with this in mind. but they don't have all those expectations... it takes some time to understand. but i think i've learned a lot by staying here and making friends with many students. looks like there really isn't an absolute answer to everything after all... I think most chinese i know would be really happy to read your article.
there’s certainly some kind of an overfocus on china’s bad everything in our medias, and it’s triggering a pretty negative reaction in chinese people, because it’s felt like agressivity and a denial of their value. they take it very personally.
it’s actually turning them against the west, as they feel we don’t recognise any of their achievements and we’re plotting against them.

why we “don’t like china” is actually quite misunderstood, in my opinion…
the personal freedom concept that we grow up and live with that makes us reject their system isn’t known much to them.
it’s like a “fear of big brother” syndrom, that makes us reject many things that they live with everyday. we’re thinking “how can they accept that!?”… (and sometimes they’d answer “what do you mean?”)
the thing is, we grew up in a different place with a different education in which we were taught that some things were absolutely necessary to a normal life and we look at china with this in mind. but they don’t have all those expectations…
it takes some time to understand. but i think i’ve learned a lot by staying here and making friends with many students. looks like there really isn’t an absolute answer to everything after all…

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