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[–] andros_rex 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It seems like literally every Chinese person I’ve talked to is absolutely delighted when a westerner is interested in Chinese culture. I remember being assigned a trip to a buffet for a high school Chinese class, and my atonal 你好 got about as much praise as a baby sputtering out “da-da” for the first time. I posted some calligraphy on 小红书 a couple days ago and I am getting gassed up for it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

This reminds me of a comic, which obviously should be taken playfully with a pinch of salt:

Two Italian men are joined by a visitor trying to ask a question in Italian. "Ah, they're trying to speak Italian!" and so they turn to the visitor and welcome them in Italian.
Two German men are joined by a visitor trying to ask a question in German. "Ah, they're trying to speak German!" and so they turn to the visitor and welcome them in English.
Two Parisian men are joined by a visitor trying to ask a question in French. "Ah, they're trying to speak French!" and so they turn away and ignore them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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

My feed is mostly english speakers, but every post I saw to the effect of "gtfo this is a chinese space" was getting mocked by chinese people pointing out IP indicated it was posted from America.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That's because they're talking about it in Chinese

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is a loud wake-up call that the internet is not reality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

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"