Shanghai citizen Mr. Lu in Shanghai Metro Line 2, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Station, Exit 1, in order to stop a foreign couple in the exit of the station to escape the ticket, by the side of the security staff to stop. Mr. Lu said, "The security guards in charge of the subway security check on the side saw the ticket evasion behavior ignored, but instead came out a person claiming to be security somehow blocked me at the exit." (November 29 surging news network)
Habit to strangers than to close people more friendly, which is rooted in the Chinese subconscious behavior. The reason is that people who are close to you understand and accommodate you better, and you are more free to show your true self. Strangers, on the other hand, will disguise themselves in order to make a better first impression, and show their friendliness, respect and tolerance. Similarly, people are more friendly to foreigners than to their own countrymen, and there is nothing wrong with that if it is within reason, which is to show the charm and civilization of the big country, the host.
But the status quo is that the people of China are still accommodating foreigners in the face of right and wrong, morality and regulations. Security personnel to foreign couples fleeing the act of turning a blind eye, but blocked foreigners to stop the uncivilized behavior of the citizens of Mr. Lu, such an obvious "affinity difference" attitude is really mind-boggling. The crux of the problem is not simply a matter of "being more friendly" to foreigners.
In recent years, the "old man blackmail", "hit-and-run", "foreign travel uncivilized", and even the "big mom square dance "and so on events triggered a social discussion on the quality of Chinese people. The result is that the people of the country in front of the right and wrong fixed stereotypes, in the fact that the basis of the fuzzy, then attacked the quality of the people, especially for the people of the country and the foreigners in conflict, public opinion was one-sided tendency to denounce the people. Chinese people's national sentiment is prone to bias, there is a black and white prejudice, the quality of foreigners must be high, the quality of Chinese people must be problematic. 2013 December 2, Beijing street carriageway crosswalk a motorcycle foreign man and a middle-aged woman crossing the road in a traffic accident, the event of the twists and turns from the beginning of the public opinion to the big mother on the boiling water. The incident took many twists and turns, from the public outcry that put the woman in a "blackmail" role to the revelation that the foreigner did hit the woman and spoke out of turn.
So, there is no need to "pander to foreigners" or to differentiate between the concepts of "foreigners" and "Chinese". The media also has the responsibility to guide public opinion, structure the Chinese people to correctly view the values of these two groups of people, can not be one-sided presentation of the low quality of the Chinese people, foreigners noble picture, to guide public opinion out of the prejudice and misunderstanding, to establish the national self-confidence of the people.
Of course it's not just a social problem, but a cultural dilemma as well. The influx of foreign culture into China, Hollywood movies, British dramas, the Korean stream, Japanese comics and other cultural inputs related to film and television, books and sports have greatly influenced the thinking and understanding of the Chinese people. In recent years, China's cultural industry has been in the doldrums due to the phenomenon of trashy domestic dramas, mediocre movies, and slow development of animation, which has led to the Chinese people's adoration of the cultures of powerful countries and a sense of inferiority towards their own culture. When consciousness and values are reflected in Chinese people's behavior and actions, they are manifested in the worship of foreigners and inexplicable friendliness. Chinese people not only need high-speed economic development as a support, but also need a strong cultural strength as a backing, China urgently need to enhance the soft power of culture, go out and let the Chinese people feel belong to their own sense of honor and pride, in order not to be paranoid worship of foreign countries.
The road is long, the Chinese people need to correct is, as the host of foreigners still need to be friendly, polite and tolerant, but refused to obey, worship and follow.