Lili

After reading your post, I would like to recommend a book to you. It's called The Ugly Chinaman and the Crisis of Chinese Culture 醜陋的中國人 which was written by Henan native, Bo Yang 柏楊 (formerly known as Guo Libang 郭立邦).

The book is considered by many to be an authentic and accurate description of Chinese people and Chinese culture. Furthermore, the book does not attract claims of racism or prejudice against Chinese people because it was written by a Chinese-born (and raised) person.

Below is a brief excerpt of the book copied from a book sales website.

If you do take the time to acquire and read the book, I hope that you will reflect on your critique of American teachers.

Happy reading!

When Pei Zhuzhang became aware of the problems which exist within Chinese culture, he wondered whether there might be some basic defect in the moral fibre of the Chinese people. Before I made my first trip abroad, Sun Guanhan said to me, "When you come back, there's one thing I absolutely forbid you to say: 'Chinese people are the same everywhere!' " I readily gave him my promise. But when I returned and he asked me about my trip, I said, "You told me not to say it, but. Chinese people are the same everywhere!" He hoped that Chinese people would be able to change and grow over the course of time and couldn't imagine this not happening. Are there intrinsic flaws in the basic nature of the Chinese people? When God created us, did he actually intend to make us so ugly?