I don't feel uncomfortable. You might be surprised if you met the person and then would certainly understand why I said something likle that. There are a number of people in Western countries being citizens of the same who have an immigrant background because their parents once moved there from another part of the world. Although they hold the same nationality like the rest of the community, they feel they are bit different from the majority of other citizens - think of Brits of Pakistani or Indian origin in the UK or French people of Algerian or Tunisian origin in France, for eample. It's a common phenomenon in hese nations. Some of them feel and/or believe the place and the culture of ethnic originn where their parents originally came from is "inferior" in a number of respects to that of Western nations where they are living. Some people even hate the place where their parents originally came from. That's very unusual - would you hate the UK or the US and their cultures because you are from there when you live abroad?

On this and other boards, there are few people from the West whom you might call "China romanticists". When they condemn everything in their native country of origin and praise everything in China,this is an obsession as well. A more balanced view might be to say what you like and/or dislike at home and compare to that what you find in a place like China.

I would always tell people if they feel discriminated to be proud of themselves, to accept themselves in the way they are and to look for things where they might differ in their strengths from others. This can help buildiung self-confidence and prevent that person from constantly comparing her/himself with other people. Instead, he/she would view him/herself in his/her iown merits and be aware of the potentials, strengths as well as the weaknesses to get a balanced view of one's own self. Someone obsessed with the dislike or even hatred of a certain culture/people certainly is unbalanced.

I cannot say more as otherwise I would have to relate to some infotmation that was given to me in confidence.

He just merely knows and understands more about the topics at hand and isn't scared of making a few people feel uncomfortable.