Because what my brother and his wife said about the national Chinese shocked me. It was contrary to the impression I got from meeting people of Chinese extraction in the U.S. who were nice and polite. It intrigued me and made me curious as to why many of the national Chinese should be so rude. My older brother took R and R in Taiwan during the Vietnam War and loved it. Then why should the mainland Chinese act differently towards foreigners than the Taiwanese Chinese? Why the rude behavior? Is it the result of sixty years under communism or authoritarian regimes? I’d like to know.
Attacks on Asians Highlight New Racial Tensions
Tammy Tan, the executive director of the Asian Pacific American Community Center, watched as Chinese leaders took up the megaphone to vent their fury in lilting Cantonese tones.
But something hung in midair, unspoken.
“We recommend our staff not to say it,” Ms. Tan said, looking over the crowd. “We don’t want to escalate with African-Americans, so we don’t say it.” Then she turned and faced a reporter. “But it is racial,” she said. “That’s fact.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/02sfcrime.html?pagewanted=all