Comments by "" (@patrickt49) on "Being Good in China Is Impossible! How Hard Is It to Be Good in China?" video.

  1. "A people who show surprising sensitivity of feeling and at the same time appall us with their seeming crudity of instinct, accomplished in craftsmanship yet living ever in houses falling to pieces, alert in business yet unable to make a success or large business themselves, quoting proverbs about truth in every breath and not to be believed in anything, always exasperating us and then mollifying our exasperation with a talent all their own, always busy and never getting anything done - four hundred million of them, upon a background of green paddies seen through slow rain, swirling yellow rivers with bobbing junks and rattan sails, above and through all the smell of a damp moldiness amid spiced cooking - that is China and the Chinese." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China) Nothing to do with cultural revolution. They've always been like this.
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  2. "Anywhere and at almost any time in China, you can see a cart fallen on a man or a horse, or some similar accident, plentiful in the crowded streets, with curious onlookers not stirring a hand to lift the injured out of his predicament. This indifference to fellow suffering seems by all evidence to be distinctly oriental." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China) They've always been like this. Nothing to do with communism. It's just in their culture.
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  3. "Anywhere and at almost any time in China, you can see a cart fallen on a man or a horse, or some similar accident, plentiful in the crowded streets, with curious onlookers not stirring a hand to lift the injured out of his predicament. This indifference to fellow suffering seems by all evidence to be distinctly oriental." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China) This is innate in their culture.
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  4. Chinese authorities can't be bothered to do the right thing when they are part of the problem themselves, whether they're active in scamming and/or just apathetic and negligent.
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