People who haven’t lived in China just do not understand their culture at all. It’s competitive to a degree we do not comprehend. Places in just sought after primary schools can have literally million to one odds. Universities are even more competitive. Ditto for jobs. The entire culture is built around protecting the individual and family at any cost. Students are expected to cheat if they can get away with it. It’s expected in business too. If you don’t cheat, you’re considered a fool who rejected a chance to elevate yourself. Cheating is a normal way of life in China. They don’t understand why we don’t like it in games.
Nah, I deal with a lot of China people at my workplace, and the culture has not changed. They still cheat a lot. They may work hard once in a while, but if they can cheat to get ahead, you can be damn sure they’re gonna do it.
It’s not particular to China. It’s peasant culture. Peasant fairy-tales tell us about it. Russian peasant culture wasn’t much different (and still can be seen in some Russians). Western European peasant culture was similar too in medieval times and even more recently.
Most of Chinese are descendants of peasants, and also they had to survive in a very competitive environment.
People who haven’t lived in China just do not understand their culture at all. It’s competitive to a degree we do not comprehend. Places in just sought after primary schools can have literally million to one odds. Universities are even more competitive. Ditto for jobs. The entire culture is built around protecting the individual and family at any cost. Students are expected to cheat if they can get away with it. It’s expected in business too. If you don’t cheat, you’re considered a fool who rejected a chance to elevate yourself. Cheating is a normal way of life in China. They don’t understand why we don’t like it in games.
With their demographics changing this culture may change too. Well, in 50 years or something.
Nah, I deal with a lot of China people at my workplace, and the culture has not changed. They still cheat a lot. They may work hard once in a while, but if they can cheat to get ahead, you can be damn sure they’re gonna do it.
Yes, I meant not now, but with a lag.
It’s not particular to China. It’s peasant culture. Peasant fairy-tales tell us about it. Russian peasant culture wasn’t much different (and still can be seen in some Russians). Western European peasant culture was similar too in medieval times and even more recently.
Most of Chinese are descendants of peasants, and also they had to survive in a very competitive environment.