I had a lot of prejudices about China before visiting. I am a European who travels a lot to USA, so I have a very Western-centric view. Everything changed after China, basically, most prejudices are gone:

在我来中国之前，我对她抱有许多的偏见。我是一个多次去过美国的欧洲人，所以我一直秉持着西方中心论。不过在我去过中国之后，一切都改变了，基本上大部分偏见都烟消云散：

Prejudice 1) China is a developing country – FALSE

偏见1) 中国是一个发展中国家——错

I don’t know what a “Developing country” means anymore, but in the most populous areas China is clearly much more developed than Europe and USA. It has the newest roads, bridges, tunnels, metros, trains, train stations, airports, airplanes and more. Infrastructure is amazing, and it definitely doesn’t feel like a “developing country”. Compare that to New York’s decade old, slow and noisy subway and bumpy roads.

我现在有点搞不懂到底什么是“发展中国家”，但中国的人口最密集地区甚至比欧美更加发达。那里有最新的道路、桥梁、隧道、地铁、火车、火车站、机场、飞机等等。与纽约老旧，缓慢且嘈杂的地铁和崎岖不平的道路相比，这里的基础设施令人惊艳，很显然这不像一个“发展中国家”。

That’s Guangzhou, just another Chinese city (ok, it’s one of the main ones, but it’s not famous like Shanghai or Beijing to foreigners).

这是广州，中国的城市之一。（确实，她是主要城市之一，但对老外来说并没有上海和北京那么出名。）

Prejudice 2) China is dangerous – FALSE

偏见2) 中国很危险——错！

People tend to think of Chinese people as “sneaky”. I don’t know where this comes from. I was surprised to not having had ANY SINGLE dangerous or awkward situation in China during my 10 days trip quite far inside the country. It’s extremely safe and people are extremely honest. In Europe at night, in cities like Paris, you don’t feel very safe. Things happen and crowds of single men gather to intimidate random people. In Italy and Spain you get your bags stolen and stuff. In China, it’s not even close. Everyone was extremely honest with us. There were situations where people could have easily screwed us without much effort, but they never did, not even the taxi drivers. Chinese people are amazing.

人们往往认为中国人“鬼鬼祟祟”。我不知道这是从哪来的谣传。让我吃惊的是，我在中国10 天的旅程里，没有发生任何的危险和尴尬。这里非常的安全，这里的人民非常的真诚。在欧洲的夜里，像巴黎这样的城市，你不会感到非常安全。曾今发生过成群的单身汉聚在一起恐吓路人的事。在意大利和西班牙，你的包被偷了等等。在中国，这些事儿离你很遥远。每个人对我们都很真诚。在那种情境下，他们本可以毫不费力的欺负我们，但他们从来没有，甚至出租车司机也是。中国人太棒了。

Prejudice 3) China is dirty – MITIGATED

偏见3) 中国很脏——得到缓解

Ok, this one is not very straightforward. China is extremely polluted and in big cities you can SEE the pollution with your eyes. Also, Chinese people spit in the streets and it’s very common to just spit your guts out. It’s quite horrible for foreigners. But was is surprising is how GREEN China is when it comes to vegetation. They pay extreme attention to beauty and city parks are just mind blowing. Everywhere it’s green and beautiful and big. It’s a huge contrast between how the air is polluted and how the parks are beautiful and clean.

好啦，这个就没那么简单了。中国污染极为严重，在大城市，你可以亲眼看到污染。此外，中国人在街上吐痰，这是很常见的，只是吐出你体内的废物。这对老外来说很可怕。但是中国的绿化也会让你惊讶不已。他们对城市公园的重视程度令人惊奇。到处都是又绿又美又大的公园。空气的重度污染和公园的干净整洁形成了鲜明的对比。

Prejudice 4) China is messy – MITIGATED

偏见4) 中国很乱——得到缓解

Depends on the cities. Big cities are well organized and everything works well. Chinese are the new Japanese. In smaller cities, traffic is chaotic but still, everything works and is well organized. So China is very reliable for tourists, if you organize yourself well because you’re going in a country where almost no one speaks English. (Although now they had at least 1 person in every major train station and national park who spoke perfect English, it’s just random people on the street don’t speak at all).

这取决于城市。大城市井然有序，一切都很好。中国人像是新的日本人。在较小的城市，虽然交通混乱，但一切秩序井然，组织得当。所以对游客来说中国是值得信赖的，但你得管好你自己，因为你身处一个几乎没有人说英语的国家里。（虽然现在每个主要火车站和国家公园至少有1个人能讲完美的英语，但大部分路人是不讲英语的）

There’s also Zhangjiajie, one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

这是张家界，这个星球上最美的地方之一。

Bottom line : China is amazing. It will become the next world leader by replacing the USA, eventually, I have no doubts about that. Most Westerns have an absolutely wrong view about it on many levels. Chinese are smart and willing enough to deal with their major problems like pollution, it’s only a question of several years.

知识点：中国是令人惊艳的。她终究将取代美国成为下一个世界领袖，我对此毫不怀疑。在许多层面，多数西方人的观点都是大错特错的。中国人很聪明，而且乐意解决诸如污染这样的主要问题，这只是时间问题。

不可否认，在世界舆论中充满了对中国的傲慢与偏见，但通过这个回答，这位外国盆友让很多不明真相的人更加了解中国。

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