Greg Mavrides , a fellow american to you, wrote about it .

FTs and expats in china from the same country are competitive, that is a fact, bud!

I consider Greg my friend. He is the only male human being that I have shared an electric-bike seat with.

I admire his work and I wish him success in his life. I believe he feels the same.

Unless one of us is delusional about our country of birth, I must dispute your generalization.

Greg, as a psychologist, would be happy to discuss with you the nature of "personal construct" ideation.

Emotions based upon your experiences in China are natural. Using these emotions and finite experiences to compose personal 'theories' about a nation and it's people is also common human behavior. It is not, however, empirical knowledge. "Fact", in your vocabulary.

My one experience bouncing in the Hainan sun behind Greg on a motorbike, as disturbing as it was for me, does not give me adequate data to pontificate on two wheel Chinese transportation vehicles or male bonding proximity.

My work experience with dozens of FTs from the United States is inadequate data for me to characterize FT behavior. And certainly my ten years in China is inadequate for me to judge the Chinese people, their ancient culture, and the nation that they are feverishly creating.

I am consistently appalled by the limits of my knowledge. But I struggle daily to recognize those limitations and communicate within their parameters.