单一的评价日本是不对的，应该放到整个东亚来看，于各个国家进行比对，下面是一位外国友人对于中国，日本，宝岛以及韩国的评价，比较中肯，and有道翻译
I guess I come from the unique perspective of having been to all the East Asian countries (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea) and my feelings about China has changed because of this. Roughly 30% of my friends are Chinese and 40% Korean.
Before I lived in Korea, I was in China for a few months, visiting such places as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou.
My impressions are that North China has really bad air.. and although Beijing has lots of history, it just wasn’t as interesting to me as Central and South China were. In contrast, Shanghai was probably the most modern city in China, and Suzhou and Hangzhou had some of the most beautiful natural scenery I’ve experienced.
I had lots of (mainland) Chinese friends in university, and also met Chinese people in China of course.
I feel that my feelings for Chinese people changed a lot after I met Japanese, Koreans and Taiwanese after I graduated university and started working and traveling to other Asian countries.
After having visited Japan and Taiwan and living in Korea for 2 years, here’s my observations:
-China is a great place for traveling and still has some of the most naturally beautiful places in the world.
-China is a massively diverse country full of different races and cultures
-Chinese food is very different from American Chinese food
-Chinese people are very blunt; For example they do not hesitate to mince words on anything really. Korea/Taiwan/Japan tend to soften their words in order not to offend people too much, but Chinese just straight up say whatever is on their mind. This is often taken as ‘harshness’ or ‘rude’ by other countries but I think this is just their culture.
-China has way better gender equality than any of its surrounding countries. And the women act very different from Korean/Japanese/Taiwanese women. They are less traditionally feminine, more assertive, more ambitious, and in a lot of cases can actually be more dominant than the men. It’s almost a role reversal compared to other countries, lol. It’s better in China to be a girl. Everything is paid for by the guys. The guys are pretty subservient to their gfs. The groom’s family pays for the wedding, not the bride. And because of the skewed gender ratio, girls have the pick of the litter. Pretty big contrast to Korea/Japan where its pretty much the opposite. Heres a nice graphic that is based on the stereotypes:
-Chinese people are very prideful about their country, and more uniquely is how prideful they are about the specific region where they are from. A lot of times I would hear not’ Chinese ___ is the best’ but rather ‘Sichuan ___ is the best’ or ‘Beijing ___ is the best’ or ‘Shanghai __ is the best’. They like to boast a lot, and its not hard to see that they are biased in favor of China and their region on a lot of issues. It’s not so different from USA where Americans boast about their country too, but it is different from Taiwan/Japan/Korea where I don’t really hear them boasting about their country that often. Chinese people are not really aware of the culture differences between their country and Japan/Korea/Taiwan either, but that’s a forgivable point I suppose considering most Chinese have not been outside their country before.
-Chinese people seem to put a lot of faith into their government. I’ve seen them use extreme cases to justify certain questionable government decisions. For example, banning foreign websites: Foreigners think its extremely limiting to freedom but Chinese people think its a good thing because it protects their domestic industry. censoring sex/violence in entertainment: Foreigners think its extreme, Chinese people think that having sex/violence in entertainment will lead to people becoming depraved criminals. censoring social media: Foreigners think it limits freedom, Chinese people think having a free social media is too crazy and chaotic and unstable. The government makes them wear ugly track outfits for school. Foreigners think Korean/Japanese school uniforms look better. Chinese people think its distracts them from studying and looks too sexy. Chinese people seem to place a premium on stability and harmony over freedom and flexibility, I think.
-Japan is Tang Chinese culture, Korea is Ming Chinese culture, Taiwan is ROC culture, and China is its own culture. I find China the most westernized in culture out of all of them. For example, China is the least traditionally Confucist out of those countries, they have mostly done away with traditional ceremonies, religion, outfits (Chinese rarely wear Qipao compared to Japan’s Kimono or Korea’s Hanbok), and their fashion style is more similar to Westerners (i.e casual style) than to Koreans or Japanese. Perhaps this isn’t surprising since China underwent massive revolutions compared to those other countries.
-Most Chinese are clean, nice and polite, but perhaps not to the same extent as Taiwan, Korea or Japan. My ranking of cleanliness / politeness in general is Japanese (TOO polite to a fault) > Taiwan > Korea > China.
-Censorship. This is more of a problem for foreigners than native residents, but just be aware that unlike Japan/Korea/Taiwan, you need to use a VPN to use most sites in China, and they censor violent/sexual content. Too much so, IMO.
-Cost of living. Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo are in the top tier of expensive cities to live in the world. In smaller Chinese cities, it is much cheaper. Seoul is a tier cheaper than those cities, and Taipei has the lowest cost of living amongst all the major capitals.
-China has the most job opportunities, and the best place to start a company, by far. Shenzhen and Beijing are economic powerhouses for IT. Korea’s job market is too competitive (there’s a reason why they have #1 suicide rate), Japan’s economy is stagnant and Taiwan’s economy is also stagnant. If you are looking for work as a foreigner, China is the best.
- Safety wise, all East Asian countries are safer than America. No comparison really. Very few mass shootings and gun murders if at all. In China you do have to be more careful of scams and thieves but its still relatively safe. In terms of safety I rank like this: Japan (zero gun deaths a year. seriously.) > Korea/Taiwan > China
-Technology. Again, ALL of these countries have great technology. Japan is famous for its tech companies, robots and micro electronics (Sony, Canon, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Panasonic, Nintendo, etc too many to list). Taiwan is the #1 maker of computer hardware with such names as Asus, Acer, HTC, Gigabyte, MSI etc. Korea is home to electronic giants Samsung and LG. China doesn’t have the brand cache of those other companies but they are improving! Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, ZTE are some of the companies that are rapidly catching up to Japan and Korea!
-Religion wise, because of China’s communist past, very few Chinese are religious, most Chinese are atheist. Taiwan and Japan are mostly Buddhist. Korea is uniquely a Christian country, perhaps relating to how socially conservative they are.
In general I think it really depends what you want but China has its pros and cons. I did a comparison between China and other East Asian countries because I feel that this is a unique perspective I can contribute to, if others are interested. I would say work opportunity, diversity and natural beauty China is #1. Japan for the super polite / clean culture with a unique flavor. Korea is a mix of Japan and China but is also the most socially conservative and traditionally Confucist out of all them. Taiwan is much smaller than any of those countries but is a mix of Japanese and Chinese culture. I almost want to say they are Chinese people but with the manners of Japanese people.
Let me know in the comments if I am missing any comparison.
我想我来自一个独特的视角，我去过所有的东亚国家(中国，台湾，日本，韩国)，我对中国的感觉也因此改变了。我大约30%的朋友是中国人，40%是韩国人。
在韩国生活之前，我在中国待了几个月，游览了北京、上海、南京、苏州、杭州等地。
我的印象是中国北方的空气很糟糕。虽然北京有很多历史，但对我来说，它不像中国的中部和南部那么有趣。相比之下，上海可能是中国最现代化的城市，苏州和杭州拥有我所经历过的最美丽的自然风景。
我在大学里有很多中国大陆的朋友，当然也认识中国的中国人。
我觉得我对中国人的感情在我大学毕业后认识了日本人、韩国人和台湾人，并开始在其他亚洲国家工作和旅行后改变了很多。
在访问日本和台湾并在韩国生活了两年之后，我的看法如下:
中国是一个旅游的好地方，仍然有一些世界上最自然美丽的地方。
中国是一个多元化的国家，充满了不同的种族和文化
中国食物和美国的中国食物很不一样
-中国人很直率;例如，他们对任何事情都毫不犹豫地避而不谈。韩国/台湾/日本为了不太冒犯别人，说话比较委婉，但是中国人想说什么就说什么。这经常被其他国家认为是“苛刻”或“粗鲁”，但我认为这只是他们的文化。
与周边国家相比，中国的性别平等状况要好得多。这些女性的行为与韩国/日本/台湾女性非常不同。她们不那么传统的女性化，更自信，更有野心，在很多情况下，她们实际上比男性更有统治力。与其他国家相比，这几乎是一种角色转换，哈哈。在中国做女孩比较好。所有的钱都是男人付的。这些家伙对他们的女孩非常顺从。新郎的家庭支付婚礼费用，而不是新娘。而且由于性别比例失调，女孩们可以挑拣垃圾。这与韩国和日本形成了鲜明的对比，而韩国和日本的情况恰恰相反。这里有一个很好的图形，是基于刻板印象:
中国人对自己的国家非常自豪，更特别的是，他们对自己来自哪个地区感到多么自豪。很多时候我听到的不是“中国最好”，而是“四川最好”或“北京最好”或“上海最好”。他们喜欢自吹自擂，不难看出他们在很多问题上都偏袒中国和他们的地区。这和美国没什么不同，美国人也会吹嘘自己的国家，但和台湾、日本、韩国不同，我听不到他们经常吹嘘自己的国家。中国人也没有真正意识到他们国家和日本、韩国、台湾之间的文化差异，但考虑到大多数中国人以前没有出过国，我想这是可以原谅的。
中国人似乎对他们的政府很有信心。我看到他们用极端的例子来证明某些有问题的政府决策是正确的。例如，禁止外国网站:外国人认为这是对自由的极大限制，但中国人认为这是一件好事，因为它保护了他们的国内产业。审查娱乐中的性/暴力:外国人认为这是极端的，中国人认为娱乐中的性/暴力会导致人们成为堕落的罪犯。审查社交媒体:外国人认为这限制了自由，中国人认为拥有一个自由的社交媒体太疯狂、太混乱、太不稳定。政府让他们穿着难看的运动服去上学。外国人认为韩国/日本的校服更好看。中国人认为它分散了他们学习的注意力，看起来太性感了。我认为，中国人似乎更看重稳定与和谐，而不是自由与灵活。
日本是中国唐朝文化，韩国是中国明朝文化，台湾是中华民国文化，中国是自己的文化。我发现中国的文化是最西方化的。例如，中国是这些国家中最不传统的儒家，他们大多已经废除了传统的仪式、宗教、服装(与日本的和服或韩国的韩服相比，中国人很少穿旗袍)，他们的时尚风格更接近西方人(我是说，中国的传统服饰是中国的传统服饰)。而不是韩国人或日本人。也许这并不奇怪，因为中国经历了与其他国家相比的大规模革命。
大多数中国人干净、友好、有礼貌，但也许不如台湾、韩国或日本人那样。我对日本人的洁净度/礼貌程度的排名是一般的(礼貌到过了头)>台湾>韩国>中国。
审查。这对外国人来说比本地居民更是个问题，但你要知道，与日本/韩国/台湾不同，你需要使用VPN来使用中国的大多数网站，他们会审查暴力/色情内容。我觉得太多了。
的生活成本。北京、上海和东京是世界上生活成本最高的城市。在中国的小城市，这要便宜得多。首尔比这些城市更便宜，台北的生活成本是所有主要城市中最低的。
到目前为止，中国拥有最多的就业机会，也是创业的最佳地点。深圳和北京是它的经济中心。韩国的就业市场竞争太过激烈(韩国的自杀率高居榜首是有原因的)，日本经济停滞不前，台湾经济也停滞不前。如果你是作为一个外国人找工作，中国是最好的。
-安全方面，所有东亚国家都比美国安全。真的没有比较。很少有大规模枪击和枪杀事件发生。在中国，你不得不对诈骗和小偷更加小心，但它仍然相对安全。在安全方面，我的排名是这样的:日本(一年零枪击死亡)。严肃地)>韩国/台湾>中国
技术。所有这些国家都有伟大的技术。日本以其科技公司、机器人和微电子产品而闻名(索尼、佳能、富士通、东芝、松下、任天堂等多不胜数)。台湾是全球最大的电脑硬件制造商，拥有华硕、宏碁、HTC、技嘉、MSI等品牌。韩国是电子巨头三星和LG的故乡。中国没有其他公司那样的品牌储备，但他们正在改进!华为，联想，小米，中兴是一些正在迅速赶上日本和韩国的公司!
由于中国的共产主义历史，很少有中国人信教，大多数中国人是无神论者。台湾和日本的佛教徒居多。韩国是一个独特的基督教国家，这或许与他们在社会上的保守程度有关。
总的来说，我认为这取决于你想要什么，但中国有它的优点和缺点。我做了一个比较，中国和其他东亚国家，因为我觉得这是一个独特的视角，我可以贡献，如果其他人感兴趣。我想说的是工作机会、多样性和自然美景，中国是第一位的。日本的超级礼貌/干净的文化有独特的味道。韩国是日本和中国的混合体，但也是社会上最保守、传统上最儒家的国家。台湾比上述任何一个国家都小得多，但却是日本和中国文化的混合体。我几乎想说他们是中国人，但有日本人的礼貌。
如果我错过了任何比较，请在评论中告诉我。 |
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