On: Young Chinese are sick of working long hours

[stcredzero]

She's from Fujian. It was some kind of communist party community meeting.

[seanmcdirmid → stcredzero]

Careful with generalizing. Southerners, and very especially Fujianese, are less patriotic than Chinese in other parts of China, especially the north.

[sho → seanmcdirmid]

> Careful with generalizing

Well, indeed. In my experience it varies very widely and pretty much follows the pattern you see everywhere else - intelligent, curious people with good job options tend to be less concerned with patriotism; the less fortunate find solace in it.

The most loudly and irrationally patriotic chinese person I know is from guangzhou. Still wants to move away though of course, what's a little cognitive dissonance between friends?

[stcredzero → sho]

intelligent, curious people with good job options tend to be less concerned with patriotism; the less fortunate find solace in it.

Then, there are also people with memories of what happened in the 1st part of the 20th century.

[virtuabhi → seanmcdirmid]

Careful with generalizing. Esp. with southerners in one bin, and northerners in the other bin.

[seanmcdirmid → virtuabhi]

Sure. However, if South China and North China were actually different countries, you would notice a distinct differences in the trends between both.

And if Fujian somehow became a part of Taiwan, you might not notice much difference in CPC support between the province and the island.

[stcredzero → seanmcdirmid]

Fujian is quite isolated from the rest of China. Until the modern era, the easiest way to get there was by sea.

And if Fujian somehow became a part of Taiwan

Parts of Fujian are claimed by Taiwan.

[seanmcdirmid → stcredzero]

Fujianese are also the most emigrant Chinese, it is rare to find one there who doesn’t have more than a few relatives abroad.

A special case to be sure.

[stcredzero → virtuabhi]

Yeah. "The south" of China is quite a big and diverse place. My wife's dad is definitely patriotic!