Perspective on the US from an expat working in China

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Using this thread to bash China doesn't answer any of the points a US national who intends to return to the US raises.

I'd probably be the same if a Brit abroad criticised my country, but in the still, silent, thinking part of me I would consider the criticisms carefully. They come from someone who has lived in both cultures - they have at least some validity.

Ummmmm... fuck that. You cannot hold China's society and the Chinese government up to a standard which compares itself to the shortcomings of the US. That is a total straw man argument. I did not compare the shortcomings of the US to the advancements of China, the original poster did. I do take it with some keen observation but don't for one minute hold up the failures of US society as an example of how China can do it better. I can produce REEMS of links an original source info that shows how poorly China performs on the world stage. The statistics are staggering. Pollution is but one very easy example. Choose your subject, Tibet? Health Care? The environment? Oppression of free speech? Oppression of internet traffic? God the list is huge. For every example of horrific treament of the US by any peoples, to include it's own, I can show you 20 times the scale of that which the Chinese governement has produced. I respect totally the views of an expat living abroad, just don't use it to bash us, the facts may turn around and bite you.