Chinese Collective Mindset
Recently many incidents have drawn lots of angry Chinese nationalist, such as the D&G chopstick ads incident. It reflects a typical collective mindset in China:
Insult to a Chinese individual means an insult to the whole nation and the whole Chinese race.
This is the root of the nationalism in China. Psychologically it is mostly due to insecurity and lack of confidence. Many people joked that the Chinese have glass hearts that are easily broken. However, the collective mindset provides a self-protection for a common identity which is the very nature of the human race. The mindset is also cultivated by the victim theory throughout the CCP education. We are always taught that we have been the victim of the western imperialism and US hegemony.
However, I always say I am a patriotic Chinese but not a nationalist. There is a fundamental difference here: the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does and even it is wrong to other people. The patriot is proud of his country for what it does it right and ashamed of his country for what it does wrong. Although what is right and what is wrong could be debated.
谷歌翻译：
中国集体心态
最近发生了许多愤怒的中国民族主义者，比如D＆G筷子广告事件。它反映了中国典型的集体心态：
对中国人的侮辱意味着对整个国家和整个中国人的侮辱。
这是中国民族主义的根源。在心理上，这主要是由于不安全和缺乏信心。许多人开玩笑说，中国人的玻璃心容易被打破。然而，集体思维方式为共同身份提供了自我保护，这是人类的本性。在整个中共教育中，受害者理论也培养了这种心态。我们总是被告知，我们是西方帝国主义和美国霸权的受害者。
但是，我总是说我是爱国华人，但不是民族主义者。这里有一个根本的区别：民族主义者为自己的国家感到骄傲，无论它做什么，甚至对其他人也是错误的。爱国者为自己的国家感到自豪，因为它做错了什么，并为自己的国家感到羞耻。虽然可以辩论什么是对的，什么是错的。
Recently many incidents have drawn lots of angry Chinese nationalist, such as the D&G chopstick ads incident. It reflects a typical collective mindset in China:
Insult to a Chinese individual means an insult to the whole nation and the whole Chinese race.
This is the root of the nationalism in China. Psychologically it is mostly due to insecurity and lack of confidence. Many people joked that the Chinese have glass hearts that are easily broken. However, the collective mindset provides a self-protection for a common identity which is the very nature of the human race. The mindset is also cultivated by the victim theory throughout the CCP education. We are always taught that we have been the victim of the western imperialism and US hegemony.
However, I always say I am a patriotic Chinese but not a nationalist. There is a fundamental difference here: the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does and even it is wrong to other people. The patriot is proud of his country for what it does it right and ashamed of his country for what it does wrong. Although what is right and what is wrong could be debated.
谷歌翻译：
中国集体心态
最近发生了许多愤怒的中国民族主义者，比如D＆G筷子广告事件。它反映了中国典型的集体心态：
对中国人的侮辱意味着对整个国家和整个中国人的侮辱。
这是中国民族主义的根源。在心理上，这主要是由于不安全和缺乏信心。许多人开玩笑说，中国人的玻璃心容易被打破。然而，集体思维方式为共同身份提供了自我保护，这是人类的本性。在整个中共教育中，受害者理论也培养了这种心态。我们总是被告知，我们是西方帝国主义和美国霸权的受害者。
但是，我总是说我是爱国华人，但不是民族主义者。这里有一个根本的区别：民族主义者为自己的国家感到骄傲，无论它做什么，甚至对其他人也是错误的。爱国者为自己的国家感到自豪，因为它做错了什么，并为自己的国家感到羞耻。虽然可以辩论什么是对的，什么是错的。
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