I believe China is going through a complete cultural revolution at this point in time. Older chinese can have these old ways of thinking about other races. But it seems the younger generation (more attached to the internet) is less concerned with nationalism. Just my perspective from speaking to people that have visited and lived in both Northern China and Southern China.
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There is also an economic revolution taking place. Despite that there are over 1 billion people and typically the change is not distributed equally.
As a result, I am still curious about that town; whether toilet paper is still a status symbol or whether other things are now considered luxury.@gray00 Yes indeed -I believe that as well. I work with many chinese young people. However, the young visiting the West are well educated and privileged. The people encountered in North and South China might have also been privileged - having access to the internet which is still censored in China.
We all know that there are a lot of enthusiastic young gamer's in China and actions such as this could effect nationalistic sentiment in their youth.
In regards to the elder generations being more nationalist i take a slightly different view. I have a few British/Chinese friends who are 2nd/3rd generation immigrants who tell me their parents/grandparents have taught them they fled China due to poverty and oppression in equal part. I think the amount of Chinese immigrants in the west pays testament to this at least in part. I have a feeling the only strong nationalists in China are the indoctrinated or those who stand to gain from the current regime.Hi @gray00 i agree with you in part and think you make a good point about younger generations and the internet. I would point out as @momgrow mentioned the internet is heavily censored in China and to use it in the way most of us do would make us criminals. However could this censorship in part be counter productive to the Chinese states agenda? Reportedly one of the most recently banned sites in China is the game streaming service Twitch. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45600272
last time in china i was amazed by how many things on my phone i could not access, what a trip