and will argue with you to the bitter end even if he doesn't have all the facts or is completely proven wrong. He will also find the need to criticize EVERYONE, whether they are close friends or strangers.

Actually, I would say that more closely describes your average middle aged chinese village idiots, who thinks they know everything about the outside world, without ever having been there, and can't resist gawking at the foreigner or making nonsensical stupid remarks such as "All xinjiang ren are thieves" or to someone from south america "Do you think he is "hei ren", ie african, black"

Uneducated, that is most middle aged rural chinese.