Congratulations and welcome! You have worked incredibly hard, and you totally deserve to be here. As you may already know, Warwick has an enormous population of Chinese students. Some of you must be eager to make some new Chinese friends. Therefore, Warwick China Watch presents you with pro tips just for that!
There is really only one rule when it comes to making friends with Chinese students: Do Not Criticise the Chinese Government. Unlike here in the UK where few people take criticisms of political leaders and parties too personally, Chinese students tend to consider any criticism towards the Chinese government or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as personal attacks on them. When you mention that policy X or Y of the CCP failed miserably, what they hear you say is that you hate them and that you would use whatever arguments to mock all Chinese people to undermine their confidence in an attempt to stop the pursuit of a better life for all Chinese people.
If you happen to be white, that’s bad news for you: you need to be extra careful to make Chinese friends. The West, in general, has been depicted as the enemy of the Chinese people in the heavily censored Chinese media environment, and the stereotypical image in their minds is white bullies belittling Chinese guys. They expect you guys to be condescending, pretentious, and hypocritical, increasing the chance of misunderstanding whatever you say as mockery.
But what if you don’t want to shut up about some “sensitive” topics? Well, good luck. While there are Chinese students you can still be friends with without self-censorship, they are not the majority. We at Warwick China Watch advise you to lower your expectations if that is the case.
To conclude, it really isn’t that difficult to make Chinese friends. All you need to do is to not criticise the Chinese government. If you want to boost your success rate, sing some praises like how the CCP “lifted millions of people out of poverty” even though the CCP destroyed the Chinese economy in the first place during the first 30 years of rule. But if you are unwilling to give up your principles, we at Warwick China Watch can only wish you the best of luck.
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lol, how is this offensive in anyway? Stop being a twat and enjoy you time here
Today I’m here as an interenational student, as well a Chinese student, strongly critisize and censure the author of this rediculars article.
Firstly, I really want to ask you a simple question to the author: what is exactly stereotype? As the author mentioned, THEY EXPECT YOU GUYS TO BE CONDESCENDING, PRETENTIOUS, AND HYPOCRITICAL. Where do you find this conclusion? Have you ever initiate a social investigation which indicate that the mojority of Chinese students have prejudice on people from other races? If you have done that, please show me your statics. So if you cannot provide such evidence, please take back your preconception of Chinese.
I admit that politics is a sensitive topic in China. But do you…