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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by supertiger on Thursday May 10, 2018 @01:29PM (#17041030)
I grew up in China. What 'monthly meeting' (where 'you hear a "sermon" and sing some patriotic songs') is your wife talking about? That sounds bizarre
Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by stcredzero on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:03PM (#17041951)
She's from Fujian. It was some kind of communist party community meeting.
Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by seanmcdirmid on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:35PM (#17042251)
Careful with generalizing. Southerners, and very especially Fujianese, are less patriotic than Chinese in other parts of China, especially the north.
Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by sho on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:06PM (#17042486)
> 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?

Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by stcredzero on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:31PM (#17042691)
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.

Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by virtuabhi on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:56PM (#17042414)
Careful with generalizing. Esp. with southerners in one bin, and northerners in the other bin.
Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by seanmcdirmid on Thursday May 10, 2018 @07:37PM (#17043813)
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.

Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by stcredzero on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:33PM (#17044080)
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.

Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by seanmcdirmid on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:35PM (#17044102)
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.

Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by stcredzero on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:02PM (#17042455)
Yeah. "The south" of China is quite a big and diverse place. My wife's dad is definitely patriotic!