Keyu Jin: belief

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…So, what about the level of misunderstanding of Chinese people of the West? Is there a similar level of misunderstanding the other direction as well? I don’t think to the same extent, because there’s Hollywood. You can see daily American life, although it might not be totally realistic. There was a huge amount of admiration of US technology innovation, but also the American dream. I think our newspapers, even though there’s bias everywhere, is not focused only on reporting the really bad stuff and portraying a negative side. I think these few years have been a little bit different, but so many students went to the US, right? So many people travel to the US, and this is an interesting thing. I’ve rarely met an American who has been to China and who still goes on about how bad China is. I think that going to China makes all the difference. I feel that’s one of the big gaps of my life that I need to alleviate, is to travel in a real way for a long time to really experience the people and the cultures, and China’s a big place.…

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