tl;dr version: one thinks they're better than the other.JR8 wrote:Reading a link from a post by WD40 re: Indians working in senior MNC roles, I followed another link from there, and found the below an insightful, well written, and thought-provoking article.
'PRC SCHOLAR: WHY CHINESE NATIONALS AND SINGAPOREANS DON'T GET ALONG'
http://therealsingapore.com/content/prc ... -get-along
I tried to find an excerpt that might act as a synopsis, but it's a pretty concisely observed piece, and there didn't seem to be any one paragraph that might give an accurate flavour of the whole.
I could have quoted any of these and the OP posts as they are all relevant but that's too much work.x9200 wrote:Hilarity continues as the local Chinese often dislike the mainland Chinese for what the Western expats don't like in Singaporeans (i.e. to be very noisy in public places, jumping queues, littering).
What Western cities are you comparing to? Same can be said about New Yorkers, people from Mexico City, Milanese, And perhaps many other western places.x9200 wrote:Hilarity continues as the local Chinese often dislike the mainland Chinese for what the Western expats don't like in Singaporeans (i.e. to be very noisy in public places, jumping queues, littering).
earthfriendly wrote: My girlfriend was shocked that her mainland Chinese husband did not know who Spiderman was when the movie came out. He was not exposed to the awesomeness of this wall-climbing guy during his childhood in China.
Where do you see any reference in my post to any city except indirectly Singapore? I don't really get your comment.American wrote:What Western cities are you comparing to? Same can be said about New Yorkers, people from Mexico City, Milanese, And perhaps many other western places.x9200 wrote:Hilarity continues as the local Chinese often dislike the mainland Chinese for what the Western expats don't like in Singaporeans (i.e. to be very noisy in public places, jumping queues, littering).
American wrote:What Western cities are you comparing to? Same can be said about New Yorkers, people from Mexico City, Milanese, And perhaps many other western places.x9200 wrote:Hilarity continues as the local Chinese often dislike the mainland Chinese for what the Western expats don't like in Singaporeans (i.e. to be very noisy in public places, jumping queues, littering).
I am sometimes amazed and I say things like: “How can you NOT know what Pulp Fiction is??”. The current world is so globalized! But then I think twice and realize that our cultural background is too different. Pulp Fiction was released in 1994. Was it possible to watch foreign movies in China at that time? Probably not. Even today, the number of foreign movies that are shown in theaters in China is limited to only 34 per year. This is not a problem now because we have the internet, but it was a hindrance in the 90s.
As she mentioned above in the quoted part, it IS globalized, now, currently, so I don't really agree with the point of the the China's past. Do they remove any reference to Pulp Fiction now for the China surfers? Probably not.earthfriendly wrote:https://martalivesinchina.wordpress.com ... eferences/
I am sometimes amazed and I say things like: “How can you NOT know what Pulp Fiction is??”. The current world is so globalized! But then I think twice and realize that our cultural background is too different. Pulp Fiction was released in 1994. Was it possible to watch foreign movies in China at that time? Probably not. Even today, the number of foreign movies that are shown in theaters in China is limited to only 34 per year. This is not a problem now because we have the internet, but it was a hindrance in the 90s.
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