fritosdoritos t1_irj3bro wrote on October 8, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Reply to comment by misterferguson in China has secret station in NYC as part of network to track dissidents by solo-ran

The political stance differs depends on various factors - age, social status, education, etc.

Someone's grandparents who suffered through Communism in China during the mid 20th century and then moved to America in the 70-80s would be very anti-China. On the other hand, another person's grandparents who are of similar age but moved to America in the last decade would've experienced the explosive economic growth in China that started in the 90s so they would think more fondly of it.

If they know English, they'll naturally gravitate towards American news sources which are obviously pro-America. The ones who aren't fluent will stay in the Chinese social media ecosystem, where they'll interact more with mainland Chinese citizens.

VictorTrasvina t1_irke75j wrote on October 8, 2022 at 10:45 PM

That's not what I've seen, most older Chinese parents tend to go through the "break up" syndrome, where after some time they begin to romanticize the good memories and slowly forget the reasons they had for leaving, the "cultural bubble" doesn't help either, think of it this way: If you moved to China today 10/20 years from now you will remember USA as the one in 2022, and thats gonna be your perception of it, because you are not a participant of the everyday small incremental changes happening every day.

MiskatonicDreams t1_irk92ko wrote on October 8, 2022 at 10:04 PM

“ If they know English, they'll naturally gravitate towards American news sources which are obviously pro-America.”

Not anymore. American news lies too much these days. While China has issues, American news almost never focuses on those. The issues they report are also often blown out of proportion for propaganda needs. Sometimes they translate things incorrectly out of malice too.