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Rudeness and inconsiderateness are everywhere, but as anyone who has lived in China for a long period of time can tell you, it is endemic in China. I'm not awar
by b6 9y ago
Rudeness and inconsiderateness are everywhere, but as anyone who has lived in China for a long period of time can tell you, it is endemic in China. I'm not aware of any place where the problem is generally thought to be as bad.
Why, I don't know. The one-two punches of the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution come to mind. As to why China was affected more than other places that suffered similar trauma, maybe it's because China is big enough that it can serve as its own world. Most Chinese people can choose to have no dealings with foreigners if they want, unlike somewhere like, say, Cambodia.
The bikes certainly aren't causing some wave of inconsiderateness. It's just a more visible way for the extreme inconsiderateness of the general mentality in China to be expressed.
- Taniwha 9y agoI think there's a cultural thing going on here - in many places people are paid to sweep the streets so the city doesn't put out public trash cans ... people aren't being 'dirty' here, they just put their trash in different places (and yes I find it hard to throw stuff on the ground too, I hold on to it in China, I'm socialised that way)