Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests
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#2> When Chinese students step outside of China to study, they are struggling to adapt to a new education system, and are frequently confronted — in class, in daily life, and online — with assumptions that they have been “brainwashed by the Chinese government.” It makes some feel attacked and reaffirms what they were taught in China: The West is biased and hostile.
Many Chinese people in the West still read the same propaganda, hang out with the Chinese people. It is difficult for them to be un-brainwashed.
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#3> When Chinese students step outside of China to study, they are struggling to adapt to a new education system, and are frequently confronted — in class, in daily life, and online — with assumptions that they have been “brainwashed by the Chinese government.” It makes some feel attacked and reaffirms what they were taught in China: The West is biased and hostile. Many Chinese people in the West still read the same pr…
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#4First time I got an accurate map of India was when I stepped out of it. Whole of Kashmir is shown as Indian territory in all books and newspapers, even the area that is under administration of China and Pakistan. It was quite something. Other aspects opened up too, but the map thing was quite outrageous example. With international media availability, graphics have become better now thankfully.
Re: Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests
#5> When Chinese students step outside of China to study, they are struggling to adapt to a new education system, and are frequently confronted — in class, in daily life, and online — with assumptions that they have been “brainwashed by the Chinese government.” It makes some feel attacked and reaffirms what they were taught in China: The West is biased and hostile. Many Chinese people in the West still read the same pr…
I was going to say, according to the author's own words, it would be very reasonable to describe him as having been brainwashed.
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#6Chinese students should be allowed to think however they want, but their behavior is unacceptable in a western democracy.
I am not sure that these international Chinese students are good for our universities. I feel like the universities sold out to them because they pay full price tuition.
This is latest example of them not understanding even basic behavior in western country.
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#7A similar article by Vicky Xiuzhong Xu, a journalist in Australia: https://www.smh.com.au/national/blinkered-chinese-nationalis...
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#8Re: Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests
#9Chinese students should be allowed to think however they want, but their behavior is unacceptable in a western democracy. I am not sure that these international Chinese students are good for our universities. I feel like the universities sold out to them because they pay full price tuition. This is latest example of them not understanding even basic behavior in western country.
Wanting their rules to apply in a host country... yeah, that's not a good look.
In contrast, we in the West never expect other countries to do it our way when we visit them... /s
Re: Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests
#10Chinese students should be allowed to think however they want, but their behavior is unacceptable in a western democracy. I am not sure that these international Chinese students are good for our universities. I feel like the universities sold out to them because they pay full price tuition. This is latest example of them not understanding even basic behavior in western country.
Isn’t it the same issue, and something that needs to be explained and taught to the students coming there to learn?