Are Chinese people humble and confident?

Question

Serious questions.

Are Chinese people humble? If so, why do they care so much about their image? Why do they keep talking and bragging about their country and culture? Are Chinese people confident? If so, why do they care what people say?

Answer 1

Well, it seems like many countries are like this, even us Americans :)!

If you are talking in terms of the olympics, then they have a right to be. every host country does the same.

also, remember how the media portrays it. media only shows what they want to show.  

Answer 2

i 'm a chinese..i feel most chinese people are humble..some people are confident .but there are also many  people are lack-confident..yes..chinese media often brag about our history and culture..but that;s media...and many chinese people often criticize our media .and in the past  150 years.our nation suffered too much pain..and we know chinese pride most in the past....

confident and inferiority  coexist.. i think...

Answer 3

not only chinese people,all people including americans.it's natural of human

Answer 4

Yes the older generation of China is humble and confident the newer generation are more boostfull. (Aka hans and this questions) Its a sign of the growing times that China is opening up. There is a thing called keeping face in China see this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(socia...

Others do not like what has been said about China in the media and have spoken out because they are angry.

However comparing Chinas history to that of the USA is like comparing apples to oranges. The recorded history of China started in 1500 BC and took 1200 years before unification. The history of colonial USA did not start until about the 1500's and it took 200-300 years before unification and had to free themselves from colonial rule.

Alternately I could point out that unification of Egypt happen ca 3150 BC well before China started recording history but I would but totally side stepping the question at hand.

Edit even with carbon dating, Egypt formed the worlds first state still well ahead of that of Chinas. Any denial (no pun intended) is simply being blind to the facts.

Answer 5

it doesn't matter whether we're humble or not, and it doesn't matter whether we're confident or not, because either way, people like you gonna find something to bash China & the Chinese people

Answer 6

Chinese invented Paper and Ice Cream. The whole world should be kissing Chinese asses for the Playboy magazine they get every month, and all the fat kid who loves Ice Cream should be happy for the existence of China!

Yup, just another stupid answer of mine to another stupid question... uh oh I just wasted 20 seconds of my life...

Answer 7

Do you know that all of humanity came from Africa? Even if we look different from each other, we are all the same. The Chinese are not better or worse than anyone. They are humans with good and bad points just like anyone. Some can be humble, some can be braggarts, just like anyone. And since we all came from Africa, we all have the same length of history. I am not about to suck up to anyone and say yea, they are the best yadda yadda. I am saying this as fair and unbiased as I can. I am Asian with some Chinese ancestry from my father's side. I was in China last year and I have a lot of Chinese friends.

Answer 8

i have some other SERIOUS questions to ask you.

WHICH person does not care about their country's image? do you not?

WHICH person does not brag about his/her own country? do you not?

WHICH person does not care about what other people say about their country? do you not?

lastly, are you a saint?  

Answer 9

with thousands of yours of cultural heritage, they have a sense of worth, and politeness that we could learn from.It is pride, not confidence that matters.

Answer 10

WHY do you believe the Chinese should be humble?  They are proud of their country, they have a fabulous culture and have emerged from years of war, invasion and oppression as kind hospitable, well educated, very progressive people.  

The cities in China are among the most cosmopolitian in the world. So whats to be humble about? Are you under the impression they all live in rice paddies and wear Mao suits? Time for some research I think.

China became a unified empire in 221 BC.

The US didnt become a unified state until the late 1700's.  Late comers in world history. NA should be humble seeing as they technically the new kids on the block

The definition if recorded histroy doesnt mean recorded in English. That pure egocentrism

Archaeologists have uncovered urban sites, bronze implements, and tombs that point to the possible existence of the Xia dynasty at locations cited in ancient Chinese historical texts. There exists a debate as to whether or not Erlitou culture was the site of the Xia dynasty. Radiocarbon dating places the site at ca. 2100 to 1800 BC, providing physical evidence of the existence of a state contemporaneous with and possibly equivalent to the Xia Dynasty as described in Chinese historical works.[