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  • I think it’s NIMBYism in a way. Sure, they like to talk to Laowai and like it when they do something Chinese, but they don’t really want them intruding on their social media network. The Great Firewall exists for a reason- Chinese culture and attitudes are vastly different to that of the west. There was a joke going around that watching Chinese short-form videos “is like tuning into interdimensional cable”



  • Flax@feddit.uktoComic Strips@lemmy.worldVicariously Offended
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    6 days ago

    You can say the most basic phrase in mandarin and completely screw it up both grammatically and pronunciation-wise and they’d absolutely love it and applaud you for it

    Provided you’re white

    Although the Chinese on XHS are actually quite annoyed at the waiguoren invasion right now