I myself am an immigrant, so I find your claims on who has a right to claim or not claim territory to be a bit offensive. If Maxwell wants to think of himself as a local, he will surely find it fraught with roadblocks and naysayers but it is he ultimately who is the one in charge of his own soul.

As for ordinary Chinese, I don't know what you mean by ordinary. If anything ordinary Chinese are no more the salt of the earth types than ordinary Westerners. I do not find them to be respectful of boundaries and other people's privacy. Getting high blood pressure from dealing with so many intrusive types at a younger age isn't exactly the type of "salt" I am looking for. Just have to agree to disagree.