Why Some Western People Always Look Down On China & Chinese?
Posted on | November 24, 2009 | 17 Comments
I am from China. To tell you the truth, our Chinese are friendly. I wonder why some western people always look down on China & Chinese.
People are so quick to dish out anti-China sentiment. From eating babies to mind control experiments. Admittedly China has a few problems… But China is still developing, we won’t be an evil country at all. The world will be safe. We are now having more and more high-educated people.
We love Americans. Most of us Chinese think of USA as a great place and we don’t hate you at all. We enjoy nike spots shoes, American fast food, computers games from US and much more.
Finally, welcome to Beijing and other parts of China for sightseeing although you will find China may not as modern as th US and other developed countries.
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November 24th, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
I’ve just been to Beijing on my holidays and I loved the place and the people.
But I think your country needs to open up a little bit more as regards admitting history such as Tian an men 1989.
I found your people to be very welcoming and friendly and I would most definitely go back.
November 24th, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
I am an aerospace engineer and have had the pleasure to work with many people from China. The ones I have met are bright, well educated and very humble and I think that confuses some Americans. We are more like Yosemite Sam, but I learned to like the deliberate pace and gentleness of their company.
Please don’t listen to our politicians; they are trying to get votes from Americans and making us fear China is a way to do it. The Russians do the same thing, saying America will eat their children, etc, to get votes.
I hope China will learn from the United States’ industrial past and try not to make the same mistakes. Too much pollution will be bad for you for a long time; I hope your country can help itself and solve that problem.
November 25th, 2009 @ 1:00 am
i think the notion comes from recent historical events of Opium Wars, and the World Wars. In general, before the Republic China proved itself a very weak nation politically. Therefore a notion of a “weak people of Asia”. I mean sue yourself, it could be easily ingiltrated and controled by whoever. Also, because the Japanese are the more military counterpart, China also seemed very passive, especially during Manchurian ivasion, when 1000s were slaughtered. Thats where the “looking down” comes from i think. Don’t be instulted. most of it is a myth and unfamiliarity with the culture.
November 25th, 2009 @ 7:33 am
from history, Chinese have been and still are very selfish people with no love for other but thyself.
November 25th, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
because they don’t understand our history.
because they don’t know what china is really like today… all they see is a “north korean” china…
because they don’t take the time to even care…
because they like to stay the greatest…
you know, it doesn’t matter how friendly we are, when our economy surpass theirs, they’ll have no choice. its their loss trying to belittle us, because by shutting us out, we will only thrive more… and before they know it… POOF…
china’s been around for thousands of years, and it’s NOT going to change over a century… we have roots, we have culture, we have our own way of life… UNLIKE the united states… which sprang up suddenly. they need to understand that… but if they don’t, the only thing we can do is hear what they’re saying, and work harder. asians are already the rich people in america.
November 25th, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
When you visit China, you will see that China is not like you thought. They are friendly, work harder, country developing and becoming richer day by day !
I like China as a foreigner.
November 26th, 2009 @ 12:49 am
not all.
some just might be jealous because we are smart
and because we are smart, they think we are nerds.
November 26th, 2009 @ 3:29 am
Some people just don’t like foreigners. Right now, I’m living in China… and there are Chinese people who seem to hate foreigners. Why do some Chinese people hate western people? Why do so many Chinese people seem to look down on African people?
Surely you’ll say “it is just a small number, and those people are close-minded and racist”, the same thing applies to western countries.
November 26th, 2009 @ 8:28 am
Ni hao peng you! Not all Americans look down on the Chinese. While we may find some aspects of your culture different from ours, please understand that if we visit your country, we are there by choice and are likely educated. Most of us are eager to understand your culture. I do not know of a single person who visited China ever comment that he or she did not like the people. I have made many friends in my frequent visits to China. If I had anything negative to say, I would say (and I think you would agree) that the big cities need to work on air quality.
xie xie
Some_Yank
November 26th, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
Well, China hasn’t really had the best of histories, with Mao Zedong (Tse-Tung), Tiananmen Square, and others. In addition, its communistic form of government leads to high poverty and cheap labor. Many people believe the Chinese to be “evil” because of this form of government. However, currently, China is developing faster and its people are speaking out stronger. Some Westerners seek a new target for racism. Since the black community is now heavily guarded and is still sensitive from the treatment of the 20th century, many turn to China as an easy target because of it lower standards of living. However, most of this treatement is pure idiocy and ignorance.
November 26th, 2009 @ 5:48 pm
You`re wrong, I think americans dont hate chinese, they know that chinese are the hardest working people. China sentiment are all over the place. I come from Indonesia and I have chinese heritage, alot of native indonesian dont like chinese there because most of chinese people whealthier than the native and chinese people in indonesia play the rules in the economic. Although I know alot of my phillipino, laosian, thai, cambodian friends tend to think the same way about chinese people who live in their country. Basically, anywhere you go there`s always be like-dislike for chinese. For different reason of course…..
Alot of people judge chinese people as a stingy people, just because the way chinese live and spend their money.
November 26th, 2009 @ 7:40 pm
I am American and I love China!!! I have been to China many times this year, Bejing, Tangshan, Changsha, Wuhan, Dalian and Yanji. I think the Chinese people are the greatest people on the earth. I love the Chinese culture. I dont know why some americans act so stupid so Chinese. It just shows how norrow-mindede they are.
November 27th, 2009 @ 12:33 am
I don’t know why some people would. That’s just their ignorance. The Chinese culture seems to be very popular in California where I live. If some people want to let their ignorance dictate their decisons before they even know the deal then screw them. They’re the ones missing out on a beautiful culture.
November 27th, 2009 @ 4:28 am
You will have the answer by comparing the hygienic conditions in Chinatown, Japanese town, Korean town and Italian town,
Also, people from China can do whatever it takes to obtain citizenship from western countries.
November 27th, 2009 @ 9:33 am
I have been in China for a month and will soon return to live here full time. I think the Chinese people are very friendly and nice to westerners, at least that has been my experience. The only way in which westerners may seem to look down on the Chinese and this is not the people, but the cleanliness in some areas and pollution can be very bad. The hospitals, dentist and clinics I have passed definitely concern me should I ever need one. They are not up to the standards we are use to. However, overall I think China is fast approaching a very modern society. I know some areas already are such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen. I just happen to be in an area where there are few foreigners and things haven’t progressed as much. More change is coming and I am sure that will include better medical facilities in the future.. Overall, I sure hope that westerners will treat you with the respect that I have been treated with. Except for the stares….I don’t think they see many blond, blue eyed people in this part of the country!
November 27th, 2009 @ 3:06 pm
A FEW PROBLEMS ! Apart from rampant corruption from the top down, theifs, drunk taxi drivers, minging beggers, corrupt policemen everywhere.
Foriegners getting charged double for everything.
No matter who much you tell the Chinese people I have no money they do not beleave you as foriegners lie, wrong the Chinese are the worst.
But you might be lucky
Yea China is great mate.
November 27th, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
You suck! Your country SUCKS! Stop posting your propaganda!
China has been cited time and again as being one the worst,if not the worst,abusers of labor in the world by the WTO,Amnesty International and others.
China has and does jail human rights activists on a regular basis,including many that push for religious reform.It is considered the worst abuser of human rights in modern times by many groups,including again,Amnesty International.
I know you are censored on what you read and see on the internet(which kind of makes me doubt you’re in China),but plenty of us have seen the videos of teenage girls being executed in groups of six at a time.What kind os nation shoots children in the back of the head in public?
Yahoo,turns people over to your government officials,they have been arrested and in-prisoned.
I seen documentaries,with Pallets stacked almost 6 feet high,with animal skins on them,cats and dogs.I seen caged dogs for food.
I am sure if your playing on yahoo answers your a government official,more censorship. Don’t sound like a democracy to me,pal.