They are talking specifically about foreigners who live in China. Of course such persons will be generally more adventurous and open minded. But they are not much representative of the population of the country they came from. If these Chinese people go visit some places in the US or Europe, they might get very disappointed.
Wah thanks for confirming this. I'm from Vietnam, and I always have a feeling that foreigners I have talked with (mostly from the US or Australia) are too nice, friendly and knowledgeable compared to what I see on TV and Netflix. I guess it takes a certain type of personality to venture here.
Yes, and also you'll get plenty of spoiled rich kids traveling. Some will cause trouble partying. Those people tend to do it in the US as well as China. That kind of thing goes both ways between countries. I agree that it's not representative cross section of the United States. I'd be nervous about being out of line in other cultures, or getting close to the line partying, even in my younger years. Some are pretty strict.
@@RiDankulous unfortunley many criminals from other countries moved in China starting a new life there, making a very bad impression about foreigners in general.. as chinese dont have acces to see youtube, etc and real life in west, they think that is the way we all are....
This young man is very articulate and open minded. I lived in China for 6months and it was rare to see someone this open minded and such a free thinker. Great video 👍🏽
Very good honest video expressing pros and cons, I like some serious topics. This video is suppose to be for learning and love of Chinese language and culture so what's with the comment trolls who just criticize, why are you here? I think it's very honest what real local people think and what many Chinese say in private, a lot of it stemming from western media. Unfortunately with today's increasingly negative political climate, the perception today on both sides is far worse than 4 years ago when this video was made, as we see in some of the bad comments. Unfortunately the anti-China trolls just reaffirm the cons/dislikes said in the video, so they feed off each other.
Very thought provoking, as usual I forgot that I'm watching as an aid to learning the language. Interesting cultural differences, if I had one wish it would be that the people of the world would understand each other better. We still have work to do it seems
have you heard about a device being developed called neuralink? probably after 10 or so years, there will no longer be a language barrier! well for the most part, but I'm still choosing to learn Mandarin in the meantime
I think this video illustrates the problem with Chinese perception of the World. It puts ALL people of many different cultures into ONE category - foreigners, as if there were no difference between people of Peru and people of Canada. It seems like for Chinese there are only two kinds of people - Chinese and not-Chinese without any differentiation among non-Chinese people. I will tell you a secret - There are hundreds of different cultures in this World and people of different cultures might be very very different. There is no such culture as "Foreigners" and there is nothing in common among them, except one thing - they are all people just like all Chinese people are. Everything else about "foreigners" is going to vary in pretty much every aspect.
AlexthunderGnum That is not unique to Chinese people, if people have little experience with foreigners, they will likely see only one foreign group of people🙂
@@marionplaza4240 if you aren't from any of those countries, then yes we are foreigners. It's assuming we have the same culture and ways of doing things that is incorrect.
@@seth1455 Well the ideal is to jugde each person by itself, but of course people from same country tend to have similar culture. I am brazilian but I am not even close to a brasilian's stereotype.
He went from "my neighbor touched my butt, so quirky and creative" to "i felt violated and it caused me anxiety" pretty quick. It's as if the interviewer turned the camera off and explained to him that he was sexually assaulted.
Thank you Eileen for this video. For me it's not only source for studying Mandarin but I also learn a lot about Chinese mentality, culture etc. I have been in China for six years and sometimes I have a feeling that some Chinese (especially my girl friends) idealize western people. However, patting someone's butt without knowing him/her well is not really ok :-D
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Great video for learning Chinese! After watching and listening many times, I can appreciate the time and hard work it took to make the video. Thank you!
This video was really interesting to see their points of view and learn more about representations in chinese culture. Thank you so much for adding the subtitles ! Your videos are so useful and the questions you're asking in your interviews are alwys the ones i want to ask :D
Thanks Eileen. Great video as always both from a learn chinese angle and general interest. for the record here are some things I like about Chinese people. 1. They generally have strong family bonds. Don't underestimate how important this is for well being. 2. Chinese people are extremely courteous. 3.Chinese culture goes back centuries - it is really rich. 4. Chinese people generally work hard. 5. I would like chinese people (especially my students) show a bit more confidence - but being humble has merit as well! Keep up the good work Eileen!
This video is very good, both confirming and enlightening culturally, while challenging my Chinese to the hilt. Thanks so much for listening to the suggestions! Much much better formatting :)
In my view，I think the reason why Southeast Asia （particularly， Filipinos）make fun of Chinese language is because we havent yet see the beautiful side of it。I’m one of those people who laugh while hearing Cantonese people talk。This was when I was still in college。 The reason I find it hard to stop laughing because It’s VERY UNCOMMON to hear the words ”chang，tong，gong，jing” from my day to day life。So，I felt like im in an alien world。Right now，Im learning Mandarin Chinese， and Im actually loving it。People just need to open up themselves to new things。 Actually，Chinese accent wasn’t the only one I laugh at before。I also laugh at Thai language，and still is。
Thank you very much for theses videos! With all the different subtitles it's very good way to learn new vocabulary and especially knowing how to use it in a sentence!
In Australia it's unacceptable for a guy to pat another guy on the butt, regardless of how well they know each other. Personally, I have never seen any Australian man do that.
HipHop ist eine weltumspannende Subkultur, die die Menschen weltweit näher zusammenbrachte! Die Essenz ist nicht negativ! Der zumindest verkaufsfähige Mainstream hat wenig mit den Wurzeln zu tun! Im Endeffekt sind wir alle Menschen die sich Liebe und Frieden in einer freien Welt wünschen und manchmal muss man dafür das Negativ klar zeigen! Nur so kann Weisheit erlangt werden. Ansonsten sind sogar hier in Deutschland viele Kulturen aus unterschiedlichen Ländern inzwischen Zuhause und sie alle sind wertvoll und interessant. Und solange ihre Anhänger geistig offen bleiben, können wir alle voneinander lernen. Aber natürlich hat jeder seine Grenzen die von Natur aus gegeben sind, die sich jeder auch selbst ziehen sollte und das sollte ein Gegenüber nach bestem Gewissen auch respektieren. Aber noch ein Wort zum Einstieg: Wer Hip Hop nicht bis zum Kern versteht, kann nicht wirklich darüber reflektieren! Hip Hop ist für mich sowas wie, und doch mehr als... moderne Dichtkunst... aus der Grosses entsteht! Peace
Wow......what a great interview of this young man. I am wanting to date a Chinese woman, and do talk to some on dating sites. This is such an eye opener and love listening to this so much.
About western people : there are big difference between for example north americans, french or portuguese people. Ever has his own caracter, and in France there are also, even now, regional particularities (and accents in langage). People in towns are indifferent each others, it's only in little towns or village that they communicate and fraternize easily with their neighbours.
I can’t talk for others but I can talk for myself and the experiences in America as an Asian immigrant (this gives me a clear perspective of both side). - First, because America has been such a diversed nation since its creation, it just natural to be open-minded and accept everything that is throwing at you. - I don’t know about the past but modern America culture gravitate towards extroverts, it’s really forcing you to be an extrovert. (🥺 me suffers of introvert-ness). www.quora.com/Why-does-American-culture-tend-to-be-more-extroverted-than-introverted. (These are some answers of why) - For creativity wide, just being non communism just works :))) - Doing crazy things just call “peer-pressure” for me. Sometimes it might be not but you just do so much of it and realized it’s not that bad and kinda fun. - For those who do or do not wonder why we all have the eurocentric beauty standard of (white skin, high nose, blue eyes) is partly due to the whole European wanting to conquer the world and Imperialism :))) our survival traits just pop up I guess. I mean yah being like them at that time would mean you live a better life, get treat better. Now it’s just like what the majority likes so just so with the flow. ( I watched a very good video that explained this topic very well but I can’t find it😭) :))) and also if someone said that you look “normal”, just know that you are decently good-looking. Just some evolutional psychology stuff. A good way to understand “things” is to dig the grave of our ancestors a.k.a History. I want to bring up the fact of hunting gathering and agriculture but haven’t found any proves😃🙄🌍🧐🙇♀️😞
as soon as he mentioned the "black person" at 4:32 i was laughing blacks make up for most of my memes and for keeping me happy. along with their other contributions, nothing beats black peoples contributions to humor in our modern world
What a great video. China should have the right attitude towards foreigners, mustn’t think they are more superior and our fellow native people are inferior. It is we Chinese that boost their sense of superiority and make them look down upon us. In the past, China is not as developed. But now China is a super power. A lot of the western countries like US and Canada are very backward in their infrastructure. A lot of foreigners jaw drop when they see China new development and efficient life practices. Chinese misunderstand. The foreigners didn’t come from advanced countries. I hope China can treat all criminals the same as native and mustn’t give foreign criminals special treatment as consequences to social instability can be serious.
When Japan began to export goods to USA, the Americans laugh and ridiculed the quality of their good as cheap and inferior and broke easily , but now they look at Japanese goods ,cars, cosmetics as superior, I think since USA i ports so many Chinese products they feel same way.
That's not what he said. It's someone else's translation. He said: '他们都是黑人' The direct translation is: They all are black people. Even if he did somehow say "blacks" in mandarin, the cultural context is different.
I think the stereotypes/look down upon thing is a little foolish considering he used stereotypes and anecdotal evidence to generalize foreigners. Grandmothers becoming DJs and casual sexual assault aren’t real life haha.
why does the interviewer push the interviewee to compare with china? if they say something postiive about foreigners. the interviewer will ask "sO yOu ThINk cHiNeSe LaCk ThAt?" very biased.
The girl's last perspective is a bit ignorant and influenced by exaggerated media headlines. Also, the West isn't America. The UK doesn't have shootings and students aren't kidnapped.
dude.... the woman speak so fast compared to the guy, the guy is way more easier to understand. I also feel that her pronounciation is not as accurate as his, but maybe its just an impression
Many of these opinions come out of ignorance and talking about the rest of the world as 1 thing/country/ethnic group of people. There are roughly 200 other countries so to put them all in 1 basket is very naive. I understand these are stereotypes but no countries or people are the same. Travelling can relieve this bias towards both people from all countries and Chinese.
She's conducting an interview for the purpose of getting the respondents to explain and give examples. Of course she's going to ask for examples and explanations
@@FirstLast-zu2dc this is an interview for the purpose of language learning, the topic itself is actually 2nd on the list. Thats why she is pushy for explanations and examples. If you are wondering what nornal chinese interviews are like just look at any game show with celebs on them
This video is very good, both confirming and enlightening culturally, while challenging my Chinese to the hilt. Thanks so much for listening to the suggestions! Much much better formatting :)
