Comments on: Hilarious Stereotypes of Foreign Countries Held by Chinese People http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/ News & views about Guangzhou, Shenzhen & Dongguan Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: pppq http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44677 pppq Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44677 Must I do all of the heavy lifting? ;-) I guess I assumed you were following the whole list of comments and not just leaving your two bits. Good luck with the air in Beijing! Must I do all of the heavy lifting? ;-) I guess I assumed you were following the whole list of comments and not just leaving your two bits. Good luck with the air in Beijing!

]]> By: Myna http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44676 Myna Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:32:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44676 I see, you certainly make a good point, and I agree with you - but if you had just explained this from the beginning, I wouldn't have been so confused by your initial remark! I see, you certainly make a good point, and I agree with you – but if you had just explained this from the beginning, I wouldn’t have been so confused by your initial remark!

]]> By: pppq http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44675 pppq Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:27:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44675 And we're back to step 1: You need to get out more. These are hardly common around the world. Who in the West think that Filipinos are barbarians? Or that Indians are narrow-minded? Who in Asia think Italians are inefficient and undisciplined? Some of the finest scholarship I have ever seen--and scholarship requires the highest efficiency and discipline--comes out of Italian universities! (If only China could make the same boast.) OK, true, many people enjoy pegging the Irish with the stereotype of being drunks. But with Finns, Swedes, Welshman--not to mention Koreans and northern Chinese--competing for elbow space at the bar, you'd easily forget the Irish! These 'stereotypes' are neither hilarious nor mundane. They're just stupid. And we’re back to step 1: You need to get out more. These are hardly common around the world. Who in the West think that Filipinos are barbarians? Or that Indians are narrow-minded? Who in Asia think Italians are inefficient and undisciplined? Some of the finest scholarship I have ever seen–and scholarship requires the highest efficiency and discipline–comes out of Italian universities! (If only China could make the same boast.)

OK, true, many people enjoy pegging the Irish with the stereotype of being drunks. But with Finns, Swedes, Welshman–not to mention Koreans and northern Chinese–competing for elbow space at the bar, you’d easily forget the Irish!

These ‘stereotypes’ are neither hilarious nor mundane. They’re just stupid.

]]> By: Myna http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44674 Myna Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:16:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44674 Okay, then we're in agreement. I believe these stereotypes are held to a certain extent by many people around the world, but I certainly don't agree with any of them. Okay, then we’re in agreement.

I believe these stereotypes are held to a certain extent by many people around the world, but I certainly don’t agree with any of them.

]]> By: pppq http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44673 pppq Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:12:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44673 I think you already said that in your original post. And if you read my post above, I didn't find them hilarious. I find the whole article to be poorly thought out. However, that said, I disagree that they are commonplace. Perhaps you're just a bigot. I think you already said that in your original post. And if you read my post above, I didn’t find them hilarious. I find the whole article to be poorly thought out.

However, that said, I disagree that they are commonplace. Perhaps you’re just a bigot.

]]> By: Myna http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44672 Myna Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:07:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44672 Sure, of course. But I was also wondering if you could address why you, unlike me, found these Chinese stereotypes to be hilarious - I found them to be quite commonplace, actually. Sure, of course. But I was also wondering if you could address why you, unlike me, found these Chinese stereotypes to be hilarious – I found them to be quite commonplace, actually.

]]> By: pppq http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44671 pppq Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:58:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44671 Sarcasm and despair all in one post! You might need one of those public service messages for closeted gay teenagers: "It does get better!" It begins with accepting a job outside of the north... Sarcasm and despair all in one post! You might need one of those public service messages for closeted gay teenagers: “It does get better!” It begins with accepting a job outside of the north…

]]> By: Myna http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44670 Myna Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:53:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44670 Thank you for your interest in my personal life! No, I don't get out much, living in Beijing for the past eight years I try to stay indoors as much as possible. Thank you for your interest in my personal life! No, I don’t get out much, living in Beijing for the past eight years I try to stay indoors as much as possible.

]]> By: pppq http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44668 pppq Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44668 You don't get out mucy, do you? You don’t get out mucy, do you?

]]> By: pppq http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/hilarious-stereotypes-of-foreign-countries-held-by-chinese-people/#comment-44667 pppq Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:37:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=35759#comment-44667 Well, technically most black people are not from 'Waiguo', regardless if they're from America, France, or Nigeria. They're all otherworldly spirits with a dark disposition. (I mean, America's the racist country. Chinese aren't racist at all, right? Right?) Well, technically most black people are not from ‘Waiguo’, regardless if they’re from America, France, or Nigeria. They’re all otherworldly spirits with a dark disposition. (I mean, America’s the racist country. Chinese aren’t racist at all, right? Right?)

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