Inspired by the recent c/AskLemmy question about Myanmar.


As a PRC-born ethnic Han-Chinese person who currently is a US Citizen and reside in the US, I’m curious on what people think of my former country.

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    Cut you in the line like you dont exist. Try to force their way in the queue.

    I’ve spent a lot of time in NYC and Philly Chinatown areas and almost never see this. I think the one time that someone tried everyone else in line (including ethnic Chinese people) called them out for it and they just went to the back of the line.

    Stop in the middle of the road or in front of the elevators.

    To be fair, I was in highschool (in the US) and kids of every ethnicity would also stand in the middle of the hallway usually in their little groups and chatting and blocking everyone from getting to their classes on time.

    Burp and fart in restaurant without a word.

    They don’t want to ackowledge it because it “loses face”.

    Drop trash on the floor.

    Not unique to Chinese people.

    Go to any major city and you see this a lot.

    Spit in the street

    Oh yea this is annoying. I have someone who live on my block who is a first-generation immigrant, i’m not sure if from Mainland China or Taiwan or HK, but either way, they keep spitting like every day… Ugh 🤮

    But I also see this from both white people and black people, not exactly a unique trait.