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> When Chinese students step outside of China to study, they are struggling to adapt to a new education system, and are frequently confronted — in class, in dai
by deepVoid 7y ago
> When Chinese students step outside of China to study, they are struggling to adapt to a new education system, and are frequently confronted — in class, in daily life, and online — with assumptions that they have been “brainwashed by the Chinese government.” It makes some feel attacked and reaffirms what they were taught in China: The West is biased and hostile.
Many Chinese people in the West still read the same propaganda, hang out with the Chinese people. It is difficult for them to be un-brainwashed.
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- dclowd9901 7y agoI was going to say, according to the author's own words, it would be very reasonable to describe him as having been brainwashed.
- seppin 7y ago> It makes some feel attacked and reaffirms what they were taught in China: The West is biased and hostile. It's easier when you want to believe something, to believe it. No matter what the source is.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoThis. Much of the media consumed is shaped more by the biases of their viewers, less the other way around.
- seppin 7y agoSaying that mainland Chinese are "brainwashed" is excusing their very real, and very widespread hostility and bigotry. Extreme nationalism and a deep sense of grievance wasn't invented by the CCP, and they won't hesitate to use it to solidify their power (war, greater authoritarian crackdowns, etc.)