You may bash him for that comment but after two years here all I can say is, I agree.

Recent example : - Went to market with Chinese acquaintance. Naturally stall owner tried to rip me off. So Chinese acquaintance argued for a reasonable price. He called her a dirty traitor to for trying to help the foreigner get a fair price. Just a one from a long list of examples, sometimes I wish I never bothered to learn to speak Mandarin. Ignorance is bliss in this case.