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One must take care to distinguish between the Chinese people and their government. I don't think the GP was talking about the people - he was talking about the
by javajosh 7y ago
One must take care to distinguish between the Chinese people and their government. I don't think the GP was talking about the people - he was talking about the government. (I have always been impressed with the intelligence, humor and heart of the Chinese people I've known; and yet this makes the authoritarianism of their government even more striking).
- dbuder 7y agoYeah but have you walked around Shanghai and asked random people questions.
- yostrovs 7y agoHumor? Really?
- javajosh 7y agoWell, I was last in China around 2005, and I could speak a little Mandarin, and this seemed to delight the people I (tried) to speak with. Once or twice someone bought be a beer, and even the vendors seemed happy to know that I knew how to haggle. I don't know -I just really liked it and felt at home.