Sum Ting Wong.
They’re not rude so much as they come from a culture that has 1 billion people trying to negotiate the same right of way and theft doesn’t carry the same conscience as it does in the West.
It’s also my understanding that Chinese tend to be abrupt when they want to be informal and friendly. For example, if they want somebody to pass the salt, they will point to a person and simply say, “Pass salt.” It’s only when they are acting more formal will words like, “Please”, or “Thank you” will enter the conversation.
“You cannot reason with these kinds of people,” Wang said. “They think they can do anything with their money.”
In fairness, I’ve seen that from all sorts. I’ve seen plenty of American and British tourists make arses of themselves overseas. I still remember my first trip abroad - visiting Ireland in the late 80s. It was one of those guided tour things. I was mortified at the behavior of many of the people on our bus. I remember some bint named “Chickee” who hailed from Queens telling our tour driver he needed to learn to speak English like an American. That sort of thing.
Money can’t buy class, no matter where you’re from.
Seems US has had this problem with the chinese before, they were very understanding.
I was a tourist in China, not Chinese.
My Chinese guide told me if I wanted something, even as simple as buying a coke, I needed to be a little pushy. This was only because with so many people( in the small but overpopulated city I was in) to get service for anything without waiting for hours you needed to get yourself to the front. It felt weird the one time I did it, but nobody got mad, it was just the norm.
They own this country now; they can be as rude as they want.
I have noticed that in my travels to Hong Kong (where SCMP is based) that folks in public come off rude, but it is not intentional. It is a cultural thing, but on steroids. It is the difference between NYC and some town in fly over country, but people from China are ten times worse than NYC. Folks in NYC can be very friendly, and the same in HK. But look out if you are getting on public transportation or if you have no idea where you are going.
Wow, I can’t believe some people who travel haven’t run across this.
Travel the tourist spots in Hawaii. You’ll be convinced in no time, I assure you.
It is just a false perception caused by Americans watching too many Benny Hill reruns.
...And then there’s my MIL, 100% Irish, who told a group of Chinese people, in China, they needed to speak better English if they wanted her money.... As I hid behind my husband...!
Even the so-called educated Chinese at my company are rude and racist. I have lost respect for Chinese due to my colleagues’ behaviors.
Hell...... I think they’re all rude. Just go to one of their restaurants. You will quickly find that the customer is NOT ‘always right’.....
“I never noticed this.”
Go stand in front of the Mona Lisa, see if you notice anything.
I’ve met Chinese tourists in the UK. They didnt seem rude to me. Quite the opposite in fact.
It’s not just Chinese tourists. a good percentage of the mainland Chinese are very rude as well. My younger brother and his wife visited China a few years ago. They said they’d never go back. My brother’s wife was actually pushed out of her place in line waiting to make an order at a fast food restaurant by a Chinese women. They got into an argument, and the restaurant’s manager apologized to my s-in-law. They experienced other instances of very rude behavior by the locals. And they said off the beaten path China is exceptionally filthy. However, they loved S. Korea and Japan and would like to go back to those places.
I sure have.
Try getting off an airplane when a half dozen Chinese are on board.
You either fogot to insert the tag or you have never been to downtown Vancouver, (HongCouver). Ask any big city Canadian dweller.