Mapping China's Hilarious European Stereotypes
To many in the Western world, China is still something of a mystery.
Even as Xi works to liberalize the country’s capital markets, promote the yuan in international trade and investment, and generally open the country’s doors to the world, it’s still a strange, foreboding place in the eyes of the Western public.
Tales of censorship, “disappearing” journalists, and endemic corruption don’t help, and neither does the ambiguity inherent in attempting to run a communist state with a semi-capitalistic economy.
Of course this is a two-way street. That is, the West is something of an enigma for many Chinese as well.
For those wondering what comes to mind for the average Chinese web surfer with regard to nations in Europe, we present the following map from Foreign Policy who “plotted the most common Chinese-language Baidu query for each European nation.” Highlights include "likes to fight" for Russia, "why doesn't it annex Portugal" for Spain, and "beautiful women" for Ukraine.
From Foreign Policy:
This provides a glimpse into how Chinese netizens view the peoples and countries of Europe — a continent whose industrialization once both humiliated China and inspired its admiration, and that has loomed large in the country’s imagination ever since.
The ghosts of the past haunt Chinese queries for many countries. Chinese netizens ask why France and Poland can’t beat Germany — though vague phrasing and the Chinese language’s lack of verb tenses admittedly mean these might just be soccer questions, which also appear frequently in search results about World War II. (Those Belgian red devils? That has been thecolloquial name for Belgian soccer players since 1906.) There is no ambiguity about Italy: Netizens ask why that nation was not subjected to the same postwar criticism as Japan and Germany. Britain’s role in the Opium Wars, the successive 19th-century conflicts that forced China to grant territorial concessions to European nations, comes up. And for Germany, references to killing and hating Jews topped the search suggestions, though another top query, “Why do Germans still hate Hitler?” indicates a modicum of balance.
Quirks of European political divisions and territorial boundaries also arouse Chinese curiosity. There is considerable confusion about who does and does not belong to institutions like the European Union and the eurozone. The political status of parts of the British Isles is an object of intense interest to China’s online community, which asks about the independence (or the lack thereof) of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Netizens also ask why German-speaking Austria does not unite with Germany, and why Italy and Spain do not respectively annex the Vatican City and Portugal.
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Eats dogs: China.
Russia: Kills journalist and invades countries oh that's the western msm stereotype
Here are your statistics (published last week):
https://www.cpj.org/reports/2015/12/journalists-killed-syria-france-most-deadly-countries-for-the-press.php
Syria: 13
France: 9
Brazil: 6
Yemen: 5
South Sudan: 5
Iraq: 5
Bangladesh: 5
Mexico: 4
Somalia: 3
USA: 2
Turkey: 2
Kenya: 1
Ukraine: 1
Pakistan: 1
Colombia: 1
Libya: 1
Poland: 1
Ghana: 1
India: 1
Guatemala: 1
All your citizenisms belong to we!
My family is from the Red-Devil region. It's appropiate.
They are Indians?
India is not included on that map.
Do 'schools' not teach geography anymore?
some of these are pretty accurate in my experience
Russia and Ukraine, most so... Chinese think old Soviet ethnicities are basically angels... anything from around the bloc, even. tons of Poles in China, who are barely above average (face... so still gotta be tall, skinny) can easily be models in China.
France one is pretty good, too... especially with Chinese in Canada, they can't understand why Canada allows so many refugees and the strongest anti-refugee social media I've seen has actually been from Chinese (living in Vancouver)... some Chinese are pretty racist against blacks, too... not hate blacks (love basketball, hip hop) but some Chinese think blacks are still a little bit ape.
the German ones too... a lot of Chinese respect Hitler. Hitler and Putin, fittingly, are both seen as great leaders because, no matter if what they do is good or bad, evil or lawful, a lot of Chinese still respect that at least they're 'strong' -- China has a very competitive nature about survival, so most Chinese that I've talked about this think Hitler is evil and should be despised, but unlike Westerns also have no qualms about appreciating his strength and leadership.
dunno about the rest, really. Netherlands I can understand but haven't really any anecdotes about it. the Italian one too makes sense and probably sounds like something a lot of my friends would say but can't say I've heard it.
"China has a very competitive nature about survival, so most Chinese that I've talked about this think Hitler is evil and should be despised, but unlike Westerns also have no qualms about appreciating his strength and leadership."
Dangerous moral ambiguity. Though psychologists have noted that conservative-leaning individuals, in particular, tend to prefer a negative identity over a perceived "weak" one.
Well they still have a leg up on Umerikans.
Ukraine SITREP January 1st, 2016 by Scotthttp://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-january-1st-2016-by-scott/
Ukraine =1 please dont make me laugh.
They're only counting the ones that were killed when in-country.
Be fair! Dogs is Korea. In China it's cats. HNY
So cats have a use in one country.
Cats have uses in many countries. They kill rats.
I have three cats. So, are you saying that I should turn them loose in DC?
The cat must be of appropriate size. DC has giant rats. I think you would need lions and tigers for that hunt.
Wow! That's brilliant.
Made for Reality TV. I can see it now. Infra red cameras mounted on collars. The dramatic close ups. The tension, the drama of the hunt.
The happy endings.
Someone ring Hollywood.
This is something that those people bitching about cats don't understand, once the number of cats goes down the number of rats esculates. Having too many rats is extremely dangerous for numerous reasons.
If you are looking for a companion, you should generally choose one that doesn't eat its own shit.
I'd rather have one that eats its own shit (a dog) than one that can infect me with toxoplasmosis (a cat). Besides poop eating is a major reason that dogs have become human companions. In primitive societies, about 80 percent of dog caloric intake is human feces. They clean the area, and prevent the spread of disease. Admittedly that is not needed here and now, but you never know about the future.
That's useful only for those who are too stupid to burry their own feces..
...and if dogs eat human feces what happens to their feces??? With mamals there is an input and also an output. In other words, you still have ton of shit.
It's more complicated than that. Imagine a rural preindustrial village (they still exist), with little kids running around the place without diapers. And adults with dystentery. You can say that these people should bury it all, but they didn't in ages past, and they don't now. Try tracking all the poop down and finding it. Try making diapers out of leaves (it doesn't work).
Having a scavenger consume human poop means the difference between germs everywhere and relative cleanliness. Dogs' guts are hugely more able to kill germs than human guts are (that's why they can safely eat germy stuff that would kill us); there is no comparison. Humans feces that they eat come out with a lot of the microbes killed. You still have dog poop around, but it is much safer (to humans) than the human poop. And other dogs will keep eating the dog poop, and killing the germs in that (and also removing nutrients and making it less bulky and messy). It is true that this system is not now needed by us, but it is an important part of human evolutionary history (and is still relevant in some places).
UK = Overrun by feral gangs!
http://beforeitsnews.com/global-unrest/2015/12/gangs-in-london-can-you-g...
Where I live in the UK the gangs are white. 55 shootings in 2 years for a country that banned pretty much all guns.
Race doesnt divide people in the UK, class does. It's not like the US in that respect.
Those gangs in your link will have white guys in them to if they're from the area.
Actually, that's Korea. Chinese are better known for eating organ meat, particularly organs most wouldn't consider food, like chicken feet and pork intestine.
Actually, chicken feet are pretty good. A bit crunchy though.
Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra, ra ra!!
Sorry, couldn't resist
You'll shoot your eye out.
"There is no ambiguity about Italy: Netizens ask why that nation was not subjected to the same postwar criticism as Japan and Germany."
lol...oh my ;-)
Rightfully so. Italy was an Axis nation; it became the heartland of fascism under Benito Mussolini's reign.
It wasn't exactly some bastion of freedum under Caligula or Nero either Eirik, the state has this way of taking the potential good in any power structure and molding it into oppression.
You need to think about that the next time you get on here ranting & raving about banning or censoring shit you don't agree with, that could be the Caligula you disapprove of praetorian guardsmen banging on your door next year.
Imports Trash
Nailed it.
Does the USA fare any better?
http://www.demilked.com/mapping-stereotypes-yanko-tsvetkov/
Nice, very funny.
hmm why does Spain and Italy not annex Portugal/Vatican???
vatican already annexed italy?
Vatican: Tolerates Pedophilia
LOL!
For the most part, excluding (quite a few) chinese restaurants and takeouts, it seems it is good if Chinese stay in China.
ROR?
But who else will gladly pay cash for our overpriced houses and college degrees?
I'll tell my Chinese business associates that their sheep are as dumb as the western sheep.
They should have stated - Europe - Non entity - Poodles of USA
Next time tell em that USSA is Israels and Saudi's Bitch and love to swallow both of them. They will appreciate it
Europe? Never heard of it.
Oh, you mean Eurabia, right? Where used to live the peoples who, a long long time ago, colonized most of the world and waged a bunch of world wars between themselves and crap like that? Then they decided to self immolate, in a vain attempt to expiate their many sins, while the world's brown people overran their open borders and erected yet another Islamic shithole?
Yeah, I read about them in some real old history books. Good riddance, sucka's...
"Europe? Never heard of it."
Yes you sound like you are from the USA
With the highest per-capita debt load on the Planet, I'd not be that surprised if the US of A was the first to go. There is a LOT of internal dissatisfaction there, and the potential for a real "breakdown of civilisation" moment is most certainly there. The Ferguson event was just the entree - the underlying problems have NOT been addressed, and so dissent continues to foment.
There may well be civil conflict in Europe too, but there are also "certain countries" who would directly benefit from a publically - initiated cleaning-out of the pro NATO ruling elite, countries that have a very long and impressive track record of co-operation with Europe, rather than simply regarding Europe as a convenient "unsinkable aircraft / troop carrier"
Turkey, opposes China? Poland, hates China?
Scotland, shouldn't it be something about what they wear under those kilts, the universal mystery?
THAT is actually very interesting indeed: If the data are correct, and the Chinese "person in the street" does regard Turkey as opposing China, then the seeds may have already been sown for "facilitating" more Chinese involvement in the ME, especially in support of their new best friends - Russia.
Rallying a populace that already is at least distrusting of Turkey would be a far, far easier task than rallying a populace that was openly "pro-Turkey".
Maybe this is a strategic plan - after all we all should be aware by now that the Chinese supreme command play the long game, as does Russia.
yup turkey cancelled their air defense deal of HQ-9 with China maybe thats why or they must be supporting Uighur muslim separate state.
Polacks are bunch of ignorant retards blaming everyone else for their own stupidity.
Turkey is almost openly support any turc-speaking group including Uygurs in China. And China doesn't like it. At all.