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Is it strange that nothing positive is ever said within China about the West?


Chinese media is full of positive stories about the West and the average Chinese person has plenty of positive things to say about different Western countries.


What are you talking about?

The Chinese name for America literally means "beautiful land". All of my Chinese friends were confused why America suddenly started hating it so much during Trump's era.

The level of ignorance regarding China here is astounding.


Since you seem to be knowledgeable about Chinese, I often hear people talk about "bye tsuo", "hey gwai" and "shah bee" when they discuss America. Have always been curious what those mean, do you know?

Btw your comments aren't actually a reply to the article at all, which is about the situation in Hong Kong. Instead it's whataboutism regarding Western bias. Any reason for not wanting to discuss the Hong Kong police state?




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