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Chinese people are already pretty based lol in weird ways. Many who have left have dealt with a harsher government and a lot of different Chinese people have been vocal dissidents, calling Xi the chief dumbass on the regular etc. (though they tend to be out of the country). On the other hand, a lot of the international students have fiat mentality - decked out in brands. But they also don’t fundamentally understand US “woke culture” which I always find oddly endearing
What aspects of US woke culture would you say they aren't understanding?
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Chinese society is pretty socially conservative, so definitely I’d say one element is the expanding rainbow flag. That said, some Chinese people (queer, lesbian, gay etc.) leave China because it’s generally a pretty hostile environment. Also one of my wildest Clubhouse rooms from memory was one where somebody was giving us the ups and downs on local officials using meth and how gay hookup culture secretly worked lol
Another thing is drugs - usage of drugs and permitting them is hugely taboo. Feels like the Singapore mentality spreading. In Canada, one of the districts that is heavily Chinese immigrant-focused (Richmond) votes Conservative - the tactic that works seems to be giving out pamphlets accusing the left-wing party of being mass drug dealers and maybe taking drugs themselves
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