My wife is Chinese. Since information is so censored in China she never got an idea of how "evil" (for lack of better word) the Chinese Communist Party is.
But with all of the flooding in China, she's been shocked by how bad it is in China. The communist party did nothing to help people from stopping the flooding, and then it's been literally hiding the bodies. And then it's been mercilessly cracking down on anyone trying to report about it.
My wife has been hooked on her cellphone for the last week watching all of the news with the shocked expression of "I had no idea it was this bad, i'm ashamed to be Chinese".
Laowhy86: https://youtu.be/XxmKcdrpHB4
Tell her she shouldn't be ashamed of her heritage! Tell her she should love and appreciate her heritage. The evil government does not equal the entirety of chinese culture and history.
I legitimately feel bad for the chinese people,
They were literally put through hell last year, partly due to their government's sheer incompetance
We read Gladys Aylward (sp?) in our homeschool class. She was a missionary to China. We've also read that the secret Christian church in China is devoted even though they are persecuted and have to hide to gather and read their bibles.
I love china. Was there over a decade ago, before it got too bad with the CCP crushing opinions. The locals are such wonderful, wonderful people. My heart truly breaks when I see government officials intentionally flooding cities and fields to spare themselves, and not alerting the locals so the government doesn't have to pay them insurance. I truly hate the CCP. But I love the Chinese people, their history, art, different provinces, food, architecture, etc. Imagine if the gospel could spread there and they were democratic capitalists. They'd be such a powerful ally and a force for good in the world.
The whole thing seems to a cluster fuck. The local officials need to get approval from the CCP to do anything. And then when everything goes wrong, no one wants to take the blame.
A good reminder for all of us. No heritage is without somebody or some group that's an embarrassment.
I tell her that we (Americans) don"t see the Chinese people and the Communist Party as the same thing. The Communist Party is an entity that acts in its own self interest separate from the people of China.
She's been fed a ton of propaganda that the Communist Party and Chinese People are one and the same.