> This comment just reads as a passive-aggressive racist rant.
I did not post a racist rant. I'm Chinese. Unlike you I'm not blinded by nationalistic, ethnic pride. I'm more open to self-examination of our culture. Apparently to you anything legitimately critical of Chinese culture is 'racist' even though I've posted specific points.
> Do you really think Chinese are 'used' to obeying 'emporers'? Is that because they did 100 years ago? Which emperor do they follow now? (if you answer is the CCP or Xijinping, how is that different to Congress/Obama?)
Xijinping ascended to his throne. Conversely Obama and our Congress are elected officials.
> Do you really think people in China do not share?
Yes when it comes to family. No when it comes to everyone else. This is because it's still a developing nation. Unlike here, most people don't have the relative luxury of an easy life with a decent social net. Who can blame them?
> Is buying a movie off iTunes for $10 more of a rebellion against institutions than p2p-streaming it over PPS?
I think you're forgetting that both P2P and torrents were created here and not in China. Moreover, torrenting is still pretty popular here.
You're right about BYD, but Tencent is just yet another copy cat machine. Tencent's main differentiation is the scope and range of copycatting, and no not all of it is from the West since S Korea and Japan are so close by.
You haven't really disproved that mainland China has an overall culture of obey and follow. The reason that there's not many people who don't fit the opposite mold over there is because most of them left the mainland a long time ago. It was natural for us, since we are descendants of pirates.