Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Do American people like Hong Kong people or chinese people?
Do American people like Hong Kong people or chinese people?
I am a college student in Texas, the U.S.. I have many American friends, but sometimes I feel like they don't like chinese people in their heart.Like, last time when I was hanging out with some of my american friends and one japanese friend, my american friends only ask that japanese guy questions. It seems like they were only interested in Japan. They even said "Japan is awesome, wonderful....."even those american guys have never been to Japan before. Actually, Hong Kong is good. Because Hong Kong is an international city. We have everything there. People here are just ignorant, and always assume Hong Kong is a third-world country. I don't like that. I am like "hey!go to Wikipedia, go search Hong Kong!"I am not here blaming americans, I am just disappointed sometimes.By the way, Hong Kong is not the same as China.
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1 :
I like them and wish I could meet more people for china, Japan Thailand hong kong ect..
2 :
It scares me that you are at a college and the college kids your are speaking to are not always aware that Hong Kong is not China and not a 3rd world country.... (that is 3rd-4th grade geography and social science) But to answer your quetion, I think you cannot generalize a prejudice. Prejudice is an individual decision, not a society decision.
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Are you sure those guys liked Japan more than Hong Kong? Maybe they'd visited Japan before, but not Hong Kong and therefore couldn't comment on it. I have some Chinese friends. I don't think all Americans are ignorant like your question suggests.
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I think Americans in general do like Chinese people but we hear a lot more about Japanese technological advances than any other place in the world. Many Americans are also anime lovers and play video games that the Japanese make, drive their cars etc. Many military people have gone to Japan and so have their families and friends when they go there to visit them. Japan is actually becoming one of the top destinations on people's travel list. I've been to Japan too and they were very technologically advanced so I was impressed. I also went off the coast to Okinawa and that was much different than places like Tokyo. It was like a beach town with a few casinos, parks, and lots of people on motorcycles. I've only been in China very briefly though. I don't think your friends like you less than the Japanese guy, I think they're just more into Japanese culture or entertainment more because they don't know all that China has to offer. Why not try to enlighten them.
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Texas is generally racist anyways. I think it's just the area. Not that many states are racist. Tomi
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it might be your area, but in general Japan is more popular with US. students because of the technology, cars, and now the animation, horror movies which are being culturally exchanged. I mean half of us at that age were raised on Japanese cartoons, like speed racer, samurai pizza cats. thinking hong kong is a 3rd world country is ridiculous.
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frankly, i don't like chinese people and most of my friends feel uncomfortable with them as well. it's mainly because of your mannerism: the way you think and behave. it could be small things you do. i live in a city where there are many chinese. i hate the fact they come here and make small chinese communities everywhere, speaking chinese at all time and never learning english. they chew really loudly with their mouths opened while eating. they talk like they are shouting at each other and scream in public like in a library. they come to church to take pictures with flash...how disrespectful. these are just examples i've encountered. like you mentioned "Actually, Hong Kong is good. Because Hong Kong is an international city. We have everything there. People here are just ignorant" who are you to say that? does being an international city mean good? does having everything mean it's perfect? what is everything anyway? and you are saying we are ignorant just because we don't see things from your perspectives. is there any duty that forces us to know about hong kong? do you know about all the countries on the earth? what's wrong with third world countries? i have many friends from such countries and they are great. you are being nationalistic or even ethnocentric. this is what i'm talking about. i don't like the way you think. i like japanese people because they have manners and respect other cultures, trying to understand the ways other people think. one more thing, i do not care if people from hong kong are the same as those of china or not. I don't happen to know the differences between them. we don't have to be forced to find differences in them. it's our choice, by no means i wanted to offend you but what i've written is my very honest thoughts. my apologies if you feel that way.
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You will get both Yes and No for the question. There are both racist and non-racist people in America. HK is actually a famous city on earth. People in Texas may not know about it but most people from other similar cities like New York, London, Toronto, Tokyo and Sydney know about it, as HK is an international commerical city. Most British, Canadian and Australian know HK, because there are many connection between them and HK. HK people do take pride in the city's global importance and fame.
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I love Hong Kong. I don't necessarily like the people there because not all people there are nice. But I've lived there for 5 years and i think it is just wonderful because they have their own language, culture and other things. That's right! They have everything there. But I've lived in China (Shanghai), if you seriously don't count Hong Kong as China, for five years (almost six years) and I think it's wonderful. I've also been to Li Jiang, Dun Huang, Beijing and many other places in China for holidays and I think they are wonderful too. China is very cultural and full of nice things that I think Americans should appreciate! :) Hope this helps you asker! :)
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