Not a bad writeup but I think he’s being really premature on some of his assessments like the racism and xenophobia. Those are things that a tourist (and he still is a tourist, after 2 weeks) may not be exposed to immediately. The stereotypes are being reported by people who generally have been there a lot longer and have had more opportunities to learn about things like gossip behind their backs, glass ceilings, how they’re treated in rare circumstances like emergencies, etc.
It looked to me as though he’d been warned that just being in China for a visit would be unpleasant because he’d be disliked on sight, and that turned out not to be true.
A rationalist studying Chinese in China
Not a bad writeup but I think he’s being really premature on some of his assessments like the racism and xenophobia. Those are things that a tourist (and he still is a tourist, after 2 weeks) may not be exposed to immediately. The stereotypes are being reported by people who generally have been there a lot longer and have had more opportunities to learn about things like gossip behind their backs, glass ceilings, how they’re treated in rare circumstances like emergencies, etc.
It looked to me as though he’d been warned that just being in China for a visit would be unpleasant because he’d be disliked on sight, and that turned out not to be true.
Why do you think he’s a rationalist?