What about Western culture annoys Chinese?

By Joel ~
| China web debris |

Fool’s Mountain published a scaled-down version of the Jessica culture stress post in which I invited their Chinese readers to tell us what things about Western culture they find particularly annoying. The 50+ comments are pretty funny, and somewhat enlightening.

“Chopsticks? They have some disadvantages. In case of a heavy argument at the table… I have a fork and a knife and you only have two chopsticks….”

“Yes, but if I’m Kung Fu Panda… all I need are the chopsticks.”

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