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[quote=GUEST91821,254763]Like every place in the world china has both good and bad.
I have been in qingdao for about 1 year now and traveled a little too.

I'll begin with the bad.

1) Cheats there are more scams and cheats here than i have seen before. What makes it worse is that in some areas people think that it's ok for someone to cheat a foreigner because they are percieved to be rich or because they aren't chinese. which brings me to...

2) racism and discrimination.  I have seen a lot of dicrimination in china towards chinese from different regions (north vs south vs west vs east) when i went to the south of china my GF who is from the north got treated far more rudely than i did.  Blatant racism towards all japanese (not just anger towards their governments actions and thoose who participated in them but every person with japanese blood in them). I have recieved some racism or discrimination myself but it's more of an exception than a rule and a lot of it is based on my percieved wealth.

3) Rampant materialism and selfishness.  This is huge and a big factor in number 1 above.  Partly a result of the one-child policy, partly a result of never having a real social life until college, partly other factors, but there is a large group of people who do not care about anyone else. this can be seen in the way people litter in public areas, don't wait their turn in lines, spit inside ect. this also shows up in money maters where sellers try to make a quick buck rather than thiking ahead for example, selling shoddy goods, treating employees like cattle or worse, ect.

Please note the above coments do not apply to every chinese.

now for the good

1) People are generally more polite here. common curtesy, hospitality and the like. It is important here. one example is i visted a students home the parents fed me gave me a room in their home and treated me as if i was their own son.

2) When someone truely becomes your friend they are your brother or your sister in every real way possible. they will do anything for you. I have made several close friends who i consider as close as my own family.

3) Food. anyone who has been to china knows this the food is awsome.

4) Work ethic (this applies mainly to people over 25). Many chinese adults have a strong work ethic and contribute greatly to their companies. Unfortunately that leads to many bosses exploiting them.

I could probably go on for another 5 pages about good and bad things in the middle kingdom but this was what poped into my head first and i didn't want to go to far into cultural and political diferences[/quote]

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