An observation: many Chinese students who are CCP-sympathetic came to the US with a particular pride as "cultural ambassadors." Then they had to confront the drab reality that people simply don& #39;t care about mobile payment apps or mystic oriental wisdom.

They conclude that Americans are "hostile" and, their feelings hurt, easily fall back to nationalism. This seems to be a pretty unique dynamic. Europeans are also proud of their culture, but those who study in the US look like a self-selective and relatively Americanized group.

I& #39;d say the national education in China grooms them well with this purpose, with a lot of highfalutin nonsense about the 5000-year-civilization stuff. Yet as they expound on "Chinese characteristics" they don& #39;t seem to have a good grasp of what "American characteristics" are