I'm an American, toured china for the first time this February...amazing country...i plan to go back. My perspective is this: China is a relatively young country emerging into a super power (within the last 20 years really)...the fact that it has progressed as fast as it is is a miracle story which has never ever been done before in the history of humanity. Are some things going to lag behind and will catch up later? YES...things like proper hygiene, cultural dynamics, basic rights, and human rights are privileges that evolve as society itself becomes better accustomed to being wealthy. America is hundreds of years old but we are still struggling with basic civility and political empathy (the recent incident a few days ago is proof of this)...china will catch up, give them time

I think you have very valid points. Thanks you for speaking up!! Keep exploring and be safe and enjoy!!!

china will change for the better in the future. Slow but change will come. Looking at another 30 years and you will see that they will be better.

You are right and wrong at the same time. Blind men and an elephant. The blind men and an elephant is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and imagine what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the animal's body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the animal based on their limited experience and their descriptions of the elephant are different from each other.

there are no smoking signs in most restaurants in china but so far no one enforce it

you are right about smoking. In general the smoking situation in big cities is better than smaller cities, better in southern part of China than northern China. I think the problem is due to that cigarettes are too cheap, lack of education, weak government regulations, too much freedom in this regard. Most cigarettes companies are state-owned - big money for the government. But i have to say it is getting better day by day, a lot of places prohibit smoking nowadays.

Hi Blake, thanks for your sharing. I agree on your point of hospital manners, the public hospitals are always so crowded and people are in rush. This is much complained by the younger generation of Chinese people as well, experience in private hospitals will be way better but that also costs a lot more. However about AC I don't think it would unavailable in most public places, at least in the major big cities, otherwise how could people survive the cruel Chinese summer...where do you live I'm curious? Maybe next time if you see no AC you can just ask the staff to turn it on, there's no reason to reject such a basic request. Hope you enjoy your time in China:))

Chinese kids have the right to pee in public, it's just our culture. if you didn't see adult pee in public don't narrative as if you seen it. i heard some drunkee think they are in their own home when reality they are in public, which lead to them pee in public, but i never see it on my own eyes.

I think this is an honest speaking, people dont care about privacy in hospital, they just hurry to get things done, I think it need time to change

in China, when talk about religious, you have the freedom of religious, but you don't have the freedom of promote your religious on others. also China's sovereign is above religious.

China has never been colonized by any country, especially an English-speaking one. It's amusing that you mentioned most people in China don't speak English. Why should they accommodate you by speaking your language as a foreigner in their country? For instance, as a bilingual Chinese American visiting Russia, should I expect to communicate with all Russians in Mandarin or English? Should I criticize them for not speaking my languages instead of Russian? Similarly, when you visit China, you should speak their language, not expect them to speak yours. However, successful cross-cultural communication is possible. For example, a Chinese tourist in America could learn some basic English phrases to facilitate communication or vice versa. Now, imagine being a Chinese tourist in America-would you speak Mandarin to all Americans and criticize them for not knowing Mandarin? Isn’t that quite amusing? In China, why is it an obligation for English to be spoken and not their own language??? You have a funny and absurd mentality toward non-English-speaking Chinese people in China. Even if they spoke English, they were not obligated to use it to communicate with you unless it was in places like airports or where China has foreigners coming in and out of the country since English is helpful and convenient for foreigners.

You have good advice.

In Europe,they don’t have toilet paper.

smoking is unfortunately from Mao's time period, during the cultural when so many people smoked like there's no tomorrow because it's cool, and still carried forward to this day. Thankfully, it's less with the younger generation because of cancer awareness. Don't know if this is still prevalent, but there use to be a peer pressure to smoke, when it's offered to you by a boss or manager, and would be rude to turn down. Of course in the western world, smoking is banned for the large part. Here in Canada, I still remember during the early 2000s when smoking was in certain establishment, though it's all banned now

I don't know which part of China you visited. Quite the contrary, there are bathrooms in public places. And it is quite easy to use apps to find the public toilets.

You are wrong in most of your comments, cigarettes are no ban. Western social media didn't want to meet China's demands therefore they chose not to operate in China unlike Tit Tok had to meet all USA demand to operate in the USA.

I don’t know what part of China you are in and what year are you in . Today is 7/14/2024. No AC that’s laughable

No true man, you can find toilets everywhere, yes you have to get your own toilet paper, they don't charge you for using the toilet like in some other south east asian countries. In fact i have a tough time in Australia, went into the pizza Hut, and they had it locked up. Dam who locks up a toilet.?

卫生间抽烟确实让人诟病，虽然我也是烟民，我也不喜欢这种行为，希望你玩的开心

You should learn how to use the “Bidet”!.!.

"Most of what you've mentioned plus many more are the reasons why the Koreans and the Japanese rather not associate with the main land China because they have no culture! On the other hand,Taiwan is a different story! True Chinese culture still exist there!"

You know, I'd rather smell the smoke than weeds Or even drugs on the street, So I pick China.

Bro, do some research on " gutter oil! "

You must like the smell of weed which legal in some states in americ since you got a weed like logo on your shirt 😀

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