From what I’ve seen, and also experienced, the expats who were genuinely friendly have not experienced any anti-western feelings.
It’s more like in the past, the locals would often defer to western expats and basically put us on a pedestal.
Now, especially with the younger generation, that deference is gone. They treat western expats as any other normal person.
The expats that we’re once used to a certain level of obedience are no longer comfortable with this new assertiveness and see it as anti-western feelings.
Whereas those of us that were never cared for that in the first place, don’t experience anything different.
I think this is also evident in the type of Youtubers that either remained or left China.
It’s more like in the past, the locals would often defer to western expats and basically put us on a pedestal.
Now, especially with the younger generation, that deference is gone. They treat western expats as any other normal person.
The expats that we’re once used to a certain level of obedience are no longer comfortable with this new assertiveness and see it as anti-western feelings.
Whereas those of us that were never cared for that in the first place, don’t experience anything different.
I think this is also evident in the type of Youtubers that either remained or left China.