This is tough because it's mostly anecdotal, but after living in China for two years (I can speak mandarin) talking about politics in the US was like suddenly b

This is tough because it's mostly anecdotal, but after living in China for two years (I can speak mandarin) talking about politics in the US was like suddenly being able to breathe again, it was a tangible culture shock. Sure, some people liked to talk about society and politics and economic development especially when it related to China's history, but I can only remember one or two times in two years that I experienced the kind of completely open political conversation that we have every day in the US. China is big, so this could be related to region as well, I was in Hunan.