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I think this is more of a reflection of mainland China than Taiwan or some of the other overseas Chinese communities. Taiwan takes a lot from its Japanese colon
by jasonjei 11y ago
I think this is more of a reflection of mainland China than Taiwan or some of the other overseas Chinese communities. Taiwan takes a lot from its Japanese colonial days. A lot of the polite "culture" also left China (to Taiwan or elsewhere) after 1949, due to the Communists winning the Civil War. The 1930s Shanghaiers of the wealthy class did pad their speech with lots of pleasantries. However, the rural people (many of whom top Communist party officials trace their ancestry) did speak a lot coarser, as is the case in America too with farmers as opposed to city slickers.
- chrischen 11y agoI'm not sure the Chinese nationalists had any more respect either, since they sacrificed tons of lives by intentionally flooding rivers during WWII.
- swang 11y agoThis is such an absurd response to your OP. Like a Russian saying Germans are a bit rude then a German replying, "do you know how many lives Stalin sacrificed at Stalingrad?!" That is to say that while your statement is true it doesn't really negate the original statement.
- chrischen 11y agoExcept that I'm not defending the Chinese communists either, nor was my intent to do that. Both are rooted in the cultural value of not valuing individuals like the West does. They are a collectivistic culture, and that behavior is in line with collectivism.