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They play things according to their own rules, but at least they have some.




No they don’t. Source: me, lived/worked in China for 6 years. There are two rules: 1) to the strongest (doesn’t matter how you get there, 2) make/keep the right connections (guanxi) that will “apply” regulations to your benefit. Most cut-throat place I’ve ever worked.

Same experience... I was told I was not Han and not family so f-you

For how long have WASPs been telling outgroups to go kick rocks (or much worse) in the US?

it's not comparable, not by a long shot; the level of insider dealing, corporate theft, and corruption, is nothing like what's in the US (that is until Trump 2.0)

Han chauvinism is comparable to Manifest Destiny across multiple dimensions. AFAICT, both groups believe(d), despite initial conditions, their authority is pre-ordained and they are/were taking the nation to it's rightful place in the world/history. Other folk they encounter(ed) are bit-players and don't have the same rights, privileges, qualities or shared destiny.

I agree with you on that.

My "not comparable" comment was in regards to my post about the rules, not specifically the "you're not Han" issue.


How is that different from the US?

I suppose Rule of Force is still a rule, so you aren't wrong per se

What rules. China famously flaunts the law everywhere they operate, including in foreign countries.

Laughing heard inside the POTUS office.



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