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Friendliest Group: Koreans, Chinese, or Japanese?
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gangpae
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Busan
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| All Asian countries are better than Canada in my opinion. The rednecks will threaten to kick your azz if they think you looked at them wrong. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| It's really too hard to say... |
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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
donselma, I always liked Seoul too. I always found that outside of Seoul I was more annoyed (higher concentration of the older generation perhaps).
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I had an experience of hanging out with a large group of Koreans IN Japan for a few days and I can honestly say the Japanese are more polite, genuine, and mature than Koreans hands down. I was blown away by the differences between them. As soon as I was introduced to the Koreans, they immediately starting getting in my face and acted like monkeys, saying 'hello hello' over and over, shaking my hand constantly, introducing themselves several times and interrupting my conversations. even grabbing me. One Korean guy started feeling my pecks and I shoved him out of the way. I was pissed.
The Japanese?? They couldn't care less about me and that's exactly how I like it. They treated me dare I say as an equal?? And the Japanese are more like Americans, they are individualists who couldn't care less about the 'group'. The Korean group mentality is unbelievably childish. |
I would have to strongly agree about the Koreans when socializing. The shaking hands constantly, the constant clinking of glasses saying 'one shot', the introducing themselves over and over, and just total lack of social skills when drinking socially. I always went way out of my way to avoid drinking with any Korean guys present in particular.
I'm in Japan now, and the times I have drank with Japanese, it is totally different. Just cool and relaxed. They treat you normal and with respect. Conversations are very normal and nothing is assumed (unlike Korea where they assume everything).
I've only been in Japan for two months, but I still expecting the Korean socialization stuff, and it just doesn't happen here. |
Hope Japan is not slurring your English ability though. |
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Pete82
Joined: 12 Apr 2008
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| I can't lay claim to having lived in Korea or Japan for an extended period of time, so perhaps I don't pass the old "longevity challenge" (the longer you stay the more your argument is worth) but I have lived in China a while and must say of the 3, I think Chinese are the least friendly. I think all 3 treat friends and people "inside the circle" well, but to a lot of Chinese, people outside the circle are basically seen as an obstacle, whereas while Koreans sometimes do the same, I have been treated well by them a lot more often, as a stranger to them. |
Chinese people are kind of hard. I'll have to agree there.
I think Korean people are pussycats in comparison... |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| gangpae wrote: |
| All Asian countries are better than Canada in my opinion. The rednecks will threaten to kick your azz if they think you looked at them wrong. |
Depends where you're from. Bet that wouldn't happen in Toronto or Montreal, but where I'm from, they'll take a day off work, smash your car and follow you around all day calling you "faggot! Faggot!" if you're perceptively different. They wouldn't take a swing at you though, considering you can actually get them in trouble for that. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Pete82 wrote: |
| I can't lay claim to having lived in Korea or Japan for an extended period of time, so perhaps I don't pass the old "longevity challenge" (the longer you stay the more your argument is worth) but I have lived in China a while and must say of the 3, I think Chinese are the least friendly. I think all 3 treat friends and people "inside the circle" well, but to a lot of Chinese, people outside the circle are basically seen as an obstacle, whereas while Koreans sometimes do the same, I have been treated well by them a lot more often, as a stranger to them. |
Chinese people are kind of hard. I'll have to agree there.
I think Korean people are pussycats in comparison... |
Which Chinese? Uighers, Tibetans, Mongolians, Han Shanghainese, Han Beijingers, Hong Kongese, Han Cantonese, etc, etc, etc . . .
I'm sure within China you'll find both the least friendly and some of the most friendly individuals. South Korea is smaller than some Chinese provinces. |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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I'll just say that most Asians have treated me, as a foreigner in their country, nicer than I've seen them treated in the West.
But I don't like the question. It's like asking, "Who's the friendliest: Americans, Brits, or Canadians?"
Fun Fact: "Friendship" is the state motto of Texas. |
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Pete82
Joined: 12 Apr 2008
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big_blue_21
Joined: 02 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| donselma, I always liked Seoul too. I always found that outside of Seoul I was more annoyed (higher concentration of the older generation perhaps). |
yep, my worst experience was definetly the one time I ventured into a small village . . . I think too it was because of the older generation thing--. . . nice avatar by the way--it's new, isn't it?
and ps--you left the phils???--going back anytime soon? . . . |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Interestingly enough, the Koreans score the highest in Pew's global attitudes research in wanting more immigration:
http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=258
Korean political culture is very hard to pin-down. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
Interestingly enough, the Koreans score the highest in Pew's global attitudes research in wanting more immigration:
Korean political culture is very hard to pin-down. |
They probably recognize that it would be nearly impossible to restrict immigration more than they already do! |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| donselma wrote: |
| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| donselma, I always liked Seoul too. I always found that outside of Seoul I was more annoyed (higher concentration of the older generation perhaps). |
yep, my worst experience was definetly the one time I ventured into a small village . . . I think too it was because of the older generation thing--. . . nice avatar by the way--it's new, isn't it?
and ps--you left the phils???--going back anytime soon? . . . |
I'm in Japan now - teaching here. Are you in Southern California now? |
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big_blue_21
Joined: 02 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
They probably recognize that it would be nearly impossible to restrict immigration more than they already do! |
And I was thinking about it last night, it might also be because Korea has no border, I mean unless someone's going to try to sneak across the DMZ!!! . . . but this was maybe about legal immigration and not cracking down on illegal immigration so that's probably beside the point . . . It's interesting that Japan and Korea are the two lowest (I'm ignoring Palestine) since both have very little immigration besides English teachers. I'm curious how Taiwan would score . . . But still it's interesting that Korea is half (25 v. 47) of Japan . . .
| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I'm in Japan now - teaching here. Are you in Southern California now? |
Yep, just chilling out till summer school starts . . . I think I might get a Master's or something to improve my job prospects . . . |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| I think there have been little campaigns to promote multiculturalism in the Korean media mainly because there's a significant number of intercultural marriages now. 다문화(multiculture/cultural) has become a new frequently-heard word on tv. |
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