I grew up and did my undergrad in China, and I'm currently doing a PhD in the US. I generally agree with the observations in the article, though I'm not sure whether I have a good model of "normal" Chinese people.
I want to add two points:
The influence of Marxism among educated and/or young people in China. Ironically, lots of people (I'm not sure about the fraction, but it feels very large to me; anti-capitalist content is usually clickbait on social media) don't apply the same cynicism to the politics courses taught in school. It's probably because Marxis
I grew up and did my undergrad in China, and I'm currently doing a PhD in the US. I generally agree with the observations in the article, though I'm not sure whether I have a good model of "normal" Chinese people.
I want to add two points:
- The influence of Marxism among educated and/or young people in China. Ironically, lots of people (I'm not sure about the fraction, but it feels very large to me; anti-capitalist content is usually clickbait on social media) don't apply the same cynicism to the politics courses taught in school. It's probably because Marxis
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