As an ethnic chinese in South East Asia, there’s two kind of chinese i’ve met, “China is the best country in the world! CCP is the best because they take good care of all the chinese everywhere! Everything about that country is good!” and “China is the worst country in the world! CCP is the worst because they censor everything and lie about everything! Everything about that country is dogshit!”, rarely in between.
For what it’s worth, you’re not alone. I think I’m going with the whole, “I must outlive my enemies” ideology for coping, because fuck it. But it’s always refreshing to hear from like-minded people, when sometimes I feel so helpless to change anything. Ignorance has run rampant, but at least I know there’s friends all over the world
It sounds to me like your parents are engaging with nuance in a complicated world, rather than boiling everything down to either “this is good” or “this is bad”.
ETA: You’re welcome to downvote me, I don’t mind, the points don’t matter. But I prefer discussion. Tell me why I’m wrong so we can have a conversation!
As an ethnic chinese in South East Asia, there’s two kind of chinese i’ve met, “China is the best country in the world! CCP is the best because they take good care of all the chinese everywhere! Everything about that country is good!” and “China is the worst country in the world! CCP is the worst because they censor everything and lie about everything! Everything about that country is dogshit!”, rarely in between.
The most common I see is “I love China and their culture is neat, but their government is evil”.
Sounds a lot like my experience with Americans re: their government.
I guess propaganda can be pretty insidious.
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For what it’s worth, you’re not alone. I think I’m going with the whole, “I must outlive my enemies” ideology for coping, because fuck it. But it’s always refreshing to hear from like-minded people, when sometimes I feel so helpless to change anything. Ignorance has run rampant, but at least I know there’s friends all over the world
It sounds to me like your parents are engaging with nuance in a complicated world, rather than boiling everything down to either “this is good” or “this is bad”.
ETA: You’re welcome to downvote me, I don’t mind, the points don’t matter. But I prefer discussion. Tell me why I’m wrong so we can have a conversation!