Civic honesty around the globe

(Sarcastic comment about China here removed)

>bastion of religious freedom

Er, did I miss something in the article? What's that got to do with anything?

> although the U.S.'s position is concerning

It's certainly not surprising.

>especially as a bastion of religious freedom

I would not use the word bastion here. Maybe technically it has religious freedom in code, but in practice it tends to be quite poor.

What is it about Chinese society that makes you say that? Not having a go here, I legitimately know nothing about it. If stranger-trust is so low, what societal branches does trust hang on? Is it family, business, political, local..? Is it mediated through technology like WeChat?

the only non-shocking thing here is an American trying to claim moral superiority over the rest of the world. :)

There were a lot of reports in the Chinese news a while ago about people being taken in by scammers that pretended to be injured, had the mark help them, and then claimed that the mark's help proved they had a guilty conscious and was responsible and owed them monetary reparations.

This sort of came to a head when a small child was run over and many pedestrians passed without helping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wang_Yue

So I'm imagining many Chinese people might be reluctant to return a wallet in case it turns out to be some sort of scam.

Nationalistic flamebait is not allowed on HN. We ban accounts that post like this, so please don't.

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Please don't post flamewar comments here, even when someone else has posted flamebait.

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The impression I've got is that the Chinese are notorious for cheating. When competing against a billion other people, you need an edge.

https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/06/heres-the-...

Family-first. If you're not family, you're either an enemy or an opportunity.

Ooof. I'm sorry. Noted.

A sarcastic note by me about the idea of inherent religious goodness

Touché.

Edited my comment anyway, because I don't want my main account banned from here.