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Tell me what you observed because you're dead wrong. You're a foreigner and treated as such, your interpretations are likely through a filtered lens. I'm not.
by kilgnad 4y ago
Tell me what you observed because you're dead wrong. You're a foreigner and treated as such, your interpretations are likely through a filtered lens. I'm not.
Perhaps you know you're wrong and you're trying to save face?
When you look at Chinese people "saving face", when you look at the Chinese government "saving face" keep in mind that sometimes you're looking at a mirror. We're not that different. I think you mistook a popular Chinese idiom for some Chinese cultural quirk.
- refurb 4y agoAs a foreigner, I read the same local news same as locals. I can observe the behavior of governments when it comes to "saving face" versus Western governments. It's pretty obvious that in countries like China the idea that the government can "never be wrong, never show weakness" is different than the Western approach.
- kilgnad 4y agoThis is a authoritative government thing. Not a Chinese thing. The western government does the same shit. Their reach just isn't as far as the Chinese government in its ability to completely lock down the media. Instead the US government typically does what they call "a cover up". Both governments launch massive amounts of propaganda, both would take a loong time to admit thier mistakes if given enough pressure. The only difference is, in china no one is allowed to deliver pressure.