I have talked with a few mainland Chinese people over the last few months, and I still feel I haven’t quite gotten a “general view” or understanding of how Chinese people view the world
The people I spoke with were very diverse Some were gay, some were married, others were students, and some were living abroad
But none of them has quite eased my “itch” of knowing how they see the world and their political viewpoints… So for those who have interacted with both Mainland Chinese and the broader Chinese diaspora (like immigrants or those born abroad), what differences in mentality have you noticed?
Indonesian here (wouldnt actually call ourselves chinese because we have lost alot of our roots including the language) i’ve noticed that alot of us here are racists (also reactionary against any lgbt topics but that’s most of the country tbh) though its understandable after the ethnic killings, discriminatory practices by the government from the past (not counting us as citizens,increased surveilence (my gramps experienced this because he was a teacher before), not being allowed to use chinese names,making it illegal to teach Mandarin or any of the dialects), the 1998 riots that caused a generational trauma till now, racism by other people (not really a big problem in my generation, but heard it was bad before). most of the older chinese generation here (if its not just my bubble, these are all hakkas and historically we were poor) have favorable views of China though they have a poor understanding of it.