The thing is they take out their perceived inferiorities against westerners, and it can be harmful. Like when an American got mobbed during the carrefour anti french protests. Or when some fenqing youth stormed up to me and my then chinese gf, demanding I sign a petition against Jusco and the evil japanese, and then slagged me off and said I should respect Chinese women, because I refused to sign his nationalist petition.

China is now either a modern, prosperous country read to take it's place among the greatest of nations, or it is the little poor man of asia of a 100 years ago, it needs to decide and decide fast, because the rest of the civilized world is getting tired of hearing "deeply hurts the feelings of the chinese people!"

Good luck on your return to the UK.