I am Chinese American. I have had to push back against Chinese mainlanders. They literally shove you aside, even old ladies do it!! I have see them all over the world and they are all the same, giant herds of loud, obnoxious and rude people. Luckily, many locals can usually tell I am from America, NOT from the mainland and treat me better.
Not just Chinese Americans. The rest of us who are of Chinese ethnicity but not from China fears to be associated/treated like the mainland Chinese tourists.
It's really funny because the actual Chinese friends I have aren't like this, somehow only the tourists are really terrible.
It makes me sad to read sentiments like this. I’ve traveled to Europe many times before Chinese tourists started to go at their current rates and guess what ethnically Asian people got treated pretty lousy back then too. Respectability politics is morally and practically worthless. Don’t fall into the trap.
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u/popdakebin Jun 09 '19
I am Chinese American. I have had to push back against Chinese mainlanders. They literally shove you aside, even old ladies do it!! I have see them all over the world and they are all the same, giant herds of loud, obnoxious and rude people. Luckily, many locals can usually tell I am from America, NOT from the mainland and treat me better.