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“Americans Like To Fight”
I’m at the hairdresser in Shenzhen and chat with an employee.
29/04/2014
Ruth Silbermayr
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It’s summer 2013. I decide to go to a hairdresser in Shenzhen.
The employee who is washing my hair asks: “Are you from the US?”
“No, I’m from Europe.”
“I see. Americans like to fight. They like to go into war with other countries.”
Do you think that this is a popular view of Americans in China?