All valid points - but ultimately - It doesn't matter Why they are rude. They should make it a point to learn the correct etiquette of a place they are traveling to. Rudeness is unacceptable.

They also treat animals is an abhorrent way. A truly cruel and soulless people

Yes they are rude people

My English speaking Chinese neighbours wouldn’t even say hello.they would just turn their back and walk away.it’s not hard to say hi but these guys struggle with niceness

My kid was skating during open skate and puck time everyone brings their own equipment. Chinese kid kept trying to steal his pucks. He told the kid to stop and he was working on a drill and it was rude. Chinese kid said he didn’t care and he needed a puck. Learn some manners please before you come over to a new country. I say this as an asian person myself who grew up with empathy, morals and integrity.

never was in china, worked in food industry for almost a decade though, in europe. A lot of chinese were actually insanely rude compared to other tourists. Consistantly.

No dude - you’re being too kind. They are considered rude, boorish, egocentric, loud, crass, disrespectful by all other eastern Asian countries - Thais, Phillipinos, Indonesians. It’s because of Mao Tse Dung and the cultural destruction of 5000 years of culture.

Yes they are rude. And people wonder why there is a lot of Asian hate.

Ok so I was at a conference and had an Asian person bumping into me practically sitting on me in my seat, not following direction and cutting in line is this normal? They were between 20-40 years old

I am an American living in Hawaii and married to a mainland Chinese lady. Her parents live with us since 2019 when the pandemic started and have stayed with us since then. They are in their early seventies. A few years younger than me. We fight often because my mother in law think she knows better than me and wants and does her way while living in my home. When I tell her not to do this or that to my house, she (and her husband sometimes) still disobey me and continue doing it. Frustrating. Bottom line is that she doesn't show respect for me and does what she wants or thinks how things should be done and does it. She doesn't realize that she's a guest in my house. When we have a fight, she always say "I am going back to China" and I say please do if you're not happy living in Hawaii. But she doesn't go back. :-(

My airbnb host was so excited when we weren’t Chinese in Switzerland. They can’t stand them as guests. It goes across countries.

Listen, being loud, cutting in line, cold to strangers, not caring how your behavior impacts others and only helping people when you derive some benefit is universally rude and I don't think using culture cuts it as an excuse just because that behavior is common among the majority. If someone sexually harassed someone else you wouldn't use the excuse that in their time or in their village everyone sexually harassed people so it's fine. And by the way, kindness, humility, respect for your fellow men and civic duty are virtues written about in Confucianism and Buddhism which are historical backbones of Chinese civilization so there's really no excuse.

some people also assume Asian are all chinese , they cant tell

You nail it, totally agreed with what you say I'll shared it other expat who work in china :) btw happy easter.

They shouldn’t talk so loud in public areas and public transports, or expect everyone to speak their language especially when they are overseas. Learn to be considerate to others and perhaps people might like you better.

As a Chinese person who grew up in China and studied abroad for a few years, I can completely understand both sides. I feel bad when the world dislike China and the Chinese. The lack of manners, rudeness etc, it’s not a cultural shock for me since I grew up in this society. However since I am well-read and interested in history, so I knew why they behave like that. The cultural revolution brought to China by MAO totally destroy everything in China, including the politeness, virtues and those good quality that we valued so much in the past. People hated each other, people destroy each other and being rude is a way to get through their daily life or else you won’t get anything, or people might view you as weak. There must exist a reason for why things are what they are. Younger generation, ( by young I mean people who are under their 40s) however, we were taught from school years to behave well, better manners, be polite etc. so things are really changing for the better. Chinese tourists, often in groups, they are the ones normally above 50s, they experienced those darkest and most cruel history of China, so people are not that civilized and seem really rude. I often feel bad when the world now has a bad impression of the Chinese and it’s really unfair for the younger generation, especially those with good education and of course has a sense of respecting others and other cultures etc. We are not like those ill-mannered tourists at all. Please give China a bit more time. There are many good people there actually.

@9:50 I know Google translates 关系 as "relation", I think guanxi might be better translated as "connections" as in LinkedIn in the West. So if you are "well connected" you will likely have business and social advantages than those who aren't. Many Chinese people understand this and they will be especially nice to people they perceive as well connected or have a higher status than them. That's true here in the US. George William "Bill" Domhoff goes into this in detail during a 2 hour interview on the subject of "Who Rules America?" at the File Archives channel.

Its not about lack of education. They are educated to be rude. Its their nature

Several thoughts come to mind. US comedian Margaret Cho had as part of her late nineties routine a bit where she talked first about the racism she, of Korean ancestry, had experienced at the hands of whites and then followed it by wondering how comfortable US whites would feel if they were subjected to the directness of many East Asians: "They'll just say shit right to your face!," she laughed, " 'You're fat! Why is your nose so big?!'," etc. I've also known a few Americans who moved to Europe and found it hard to adjust at first to the differing norms of directness and friendliness and physical space of different parts of Europe. And I always have to wonder what these Chinese think when they are told to try to be more polite around Westerners. Are they thinking, "You're telling me Westerners are polite and that they think we're rude?! Aren't Westerners the same people who killed hundreds of thousands of people in the Middle East and Southeast Asia and the Americas?! These people think WE'RE rude?!"

I pretty agree with you. I'm Malaysian Chinese, although I'm Chinese ethnic but technically I'm foreigner when it comes to China as a country. I use to be very embarrassed and puzzled; thinking why are they so different from me/us but through time when I understand where they're coming from I started to understand.

Yeah shitting on the street is rude in any language...unacceptable on mars let alone earth

Extremely rude. My daughter used to be best friend with a Chinese girl then the parents banned my daughter to their restaurant because they said my daughter is loud etc. Imagine having a food business in America and you're banning people. They didn't even realized they banned a kid who has Chinese blood. Unbelievable.

I think I’ve pissed off some of my Chinese students’ parents and I have no idea how. Like they just disappeared 😢. I teach one on one English classes remotely. These instances have made me almost scared to communicate with the parents as much as I’d like to

That's because of 毛沢東

Interesting topic. I didn't know Chinese tourists have gotten such a bad rap. I remember seeing them in groups at the South Street Seaport of NYC several years ago but they didn't seem rude to me. The generalization on level of education, rural vs urban upbringing, age, etc might be true in some cases but hard to say to what extent. While growing up in Brooklyn, I was unaccustomed to the relatively lack of respect some American students showed towards teachers when compared to my childhood in China, especially in the inner city neighborhoods. With regard to defecating in the streets, I don't recall seeing that at all either in China of the 1970s or in the US from any Chinese tourists, not even kids. Just sharing my own perspective.

Agree with you in total. Perhaps "a turnover in generations", lol may have been better. I am finding that it is the older women who appear to be rude, like not waiting in line, and i have also made them aware and can see the humiliation on their faces, as others also waiting in line with me have the same feeling, adding their own take on the situation, as the older women quickly move to the back of the line, in many of these instances. (Forgive me for the long sentence. 😁😁😁)

A destruction of their traditional culture

Yes they’re rude. I also mean those people in China. I think it’s because they’re so many of them in China that they have to be a bit abrasive in the behavior.

YES! Very.

Inconsiderate is better adjective

excellent and fair analysis

The excuses people come up with are comedic. People say it’s not rude, they’re actually being polite or it’s because of Mao or it’s because they’ve been on the receiving end of racism… those are all terrible excuses. When blacks say anything about slavery people tell them that happened so long ago and they need to move past it but Chinese are gonna use Mao as an excuse for them being rude?! We’re talking about common courtesy, a simple hello or good morning reply. There’s no excuse for that especially from people who have been in this country for decades.

I don't know if you have spent any time in Taiwan, but if so, it would be great if you could compare and contrast this topic. I heard from a mainland Chinese woman who has lived in the U.S. for many years that the traditional Chinese culture was destroyed by the Communist takeover in 1949, and the subsequent Cultural Revolution. Even widespread destruction of Buddhist temples and other religious cultural occurred. So she explained that the mainland Chinese have lost much of the traditional virtues of Chinese culture. I went on a trip to mainland China about 10 years ago, and was surprised how rude some of the Chinese were, and this was in their own country. For example, I was in a museum standing in front of a glass-front display trying to read the placard, and two Chinese women squeezed right in front of me and blocked me from reading the display! (There was only about 18 inches between me and the display glass, so it was intentional and totally shocked me.) However, since Taiwan was never taken over by the communists, perhaps they have retained much of the true traditional culture and virtues?

Let me tell you something that many foreigner don't like to confess. I don't know if they fear criticism by saying it or what. But I'll be real honest here. I'm American from and I've lived in Shenzhen for 1 year now. Back in the US, I'm used to different types of people since we are so diverse. And the Chinese there are totally different from the Chinese people in China. Actually, let me recap on that. The Chinese men I met in the US are totally different from the Chinese men in China. But that's to be expected. Boy oh boy, ever since I have arrived. I have learned and noticed one thing. The Chinese men in China will not make you feel welcome at all. That's a fact. Take it how it is! Very rarely you will meet a Chinese men, especially in the big cities who is genuinely being friendly with you and smile at you. The women are great. All the opposite from the men. But the men!!! Fuck men! It's like I took a million dollars from them. Now, I am Normal a peaceful kind guy. I'm quiet, shy, don't bother anyone, don't talk loud. And even I have witnessed some weird behavior from Chinese men here. Things like: - *spitting around me when I'm walking with disgust. - sighing the moment they see me. - STARRING at me from top to bottom. Literally, moving their head up and down for like 1 minute, trying to make you know they are doing it. Something not even the women do. - Saying: "waiguoren/laowai" followed by a dry spit on the ground. There is so much more weird behavior from them that really makes me feel hate, racism, and so much more coming from them. Now, I'm sure you guys (male foreigners) here must felt this and witnessed this. Whether you want to admit it or not, it's a different problem. So, are Chinese people rude? I wouldn't day Chinese people in general. I think the men are very rude (to foreign men), even among themselves, not so much the women. In fact, the entire time, the women have treated amazingly. I been able to enjoy, work, and much more in China because of them. And I'm so grateful for how Chinese women are. There you go. Just a little facts from my own experience.

Even my classmates are rude to me

Oh yes they are...

1:06 DO YOU SEE HOW THEY ARE DRIVING!!!!! Like 4 people cut off like 6 other people

Ok... We won't use the word "rude.". How about "backward?" And it is rude when you visit other countries but don't follow the local rules and etiquettes It's just common courtesy to learn about the culture you're about to be a guest and conform when you're visiting

What about the ones who live already in America, because I seen people who come to live in America from China. I ask because I used to hang out with one of them. And if I didn’t do what their family said, they will get mad at me. It felt like they were forcing me to their culture. And I thought that was rude, due to the fact that they been leaving and United States for decades now.

Yes.

Have you seen how the Brits behave in Ibiza? 😂 Actually, just look at the amount of punch up on a weekend down in any town/city in the UK. It's a regular pass time 😂

I agree with everything u said

I’m here because my landlord 😂 he has no problem taking my money and mimicking me so rude

Well analyzed, well said! Totally agree.

Chinese are hostile to strangers because if you are friendly then probably people will take advantage of you for being nice. For example, when I was shopping in the mall, some people handed over the leaflet for advertising their products or services. If I nicely accept the leaflet with a smile, they will keep chasing me around even I showed clearly that I was not interested and please let me go. But as they see you smile and nice, and polite, they will not stop bothering you. This is just an example. There are many other cases. Also, people take niceness as weakness, which is something that only prevailed in backward and barbarian society.

Not all but Yes!

so what they went thru hardship and think they can do anything they want in other countries. They should try to learn before they go abroad. Ignorance is not an excuse!

They are definitely rude some leaf behind us and I like perverts they look through our fence, always talking about us and we have caught them put a device up with their kids watching. It has given me a bad attitude towards them, even though it’s one Family that are creeps.

guanxi is networking, no?

I just watched yesterday this 1.5 hour talk titled "For Third World Leaders: Hope or Despair?" of former Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew given at Harvard back in 2000 and a very similar topic was discussed except it involved the behaviors of some Singaporeans back then. So interesting to see the parallels with China decades later.

For a person in Chna there are two parties: Your Family against all the others. It's still very much a survival culture: 你 死 我 活. nǐ sǐ wǒ huó. ('You die, then I live'). So join the strong ones through connections, because 'big fish eat small fish'. Still, as an aged Dutch sinologist, I'm surprised how derogatory Chinese towards lower ranking persons and (ethnical) groups can be, in China and outside of China. On the other hand, being a higher ranking person you should of course expect preferential treatment, to say the least. And it's only 'necessary' that you show to others who is the boss. But isn't this a desirable motivation to strive for the highest in society?! A factor whereby Chinese may not be rude is shyness, out of fear: outside of your comfort zone you'd be better be humble. But only if there's no other way out. No person wants to be submissive to another one. That's not to say that there aren't very polite, well-behaved, sincerely friendly Chinese, inside China and abroad, regardless of age. And true, many foreigners (including Dutch youngsters) don't always behave well, to say the least. And although Chinese often state that old chap Mao is to blame for the lack of politeness (and modern leadership for the lack of morality), I'm afraid that in the old days mentality wasn't quite different from now. Anyone from the rural area (80% of the population) is deemed to be a uncivilized peasant (农民), and, of course, no wonder he / she cannot but behave rudely. I guess this may, to a certain extent, be true, but that is not to say that rudeness is limited to peasants. Furthermore, the saying 入乡随俗 ("Entering a region, follow the customs"), though often cited by Chinese, seems quite hard to follow. So, I find it hard to say whether this will ever change. Lessons in politeness for, say, the last 40 years (both written and orally, also promoted by the government for those traveling abroad)) may not have fully paid off yet...

Please do on Americans too.

Generally rude ..

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I think the topic is good as the topic is a good one. You cover the topic, and you cover the topic well. The explanation of the topic was covered…. It just took a really long time to make any sort of point.

obviously you missed a very important point. the young generation is raised by the grandparents, who pass these bad habits to them. I don't see many positive signs of improvement...

They like to point fingers in your face and curse sometimes will get physical and do a lil kung fu

The mainland culture, the mainland behaviour!

They don’t have manners

是，不礼貌，很没教养。unfortunately

China is a huge country people are different, someone behave so bad.

ITS THE FISH HEAD SOUP THAT MAKES THEM RUDE,TRUST ME.

I think if u didn't live there u would have said a lot more

Yes they are rude people