Why Chinese Have Problems Expressing Deeper Concepts and Thoughts? - Intermediate Chinese

Can culture and society limits people's motivation to think deeply and to articulate clearly? Eileen and guest Kirk discuss why these questions arise regarding contemporary Chinese society. Topics Discussed: 1. Problems with expression that we see during street interviews 2. Chinese teachers limit thought by promoting standard answers? 3. Chinese are discouraged by society to express their opinions? 4. Why Chinese are afraid of expressing opposing views? 5. Chinese men are not encouraged to express their emotions and feelings 6. Chinese men are not allowed to show weakness 7. The impact of short videos on Chinese's ability to think and articulate 8. The culture of obedience and respecting authority discourages thought? 9. Chinese avoid conflicts 10. Chinese lack patience with foreigners who speak broken Chinese 11. Foreigners who mastered Chinese are more articulate than native Chinese speakers? Music: Blue Skies by Silent Partner Watch this video WITHOUT English subtitles: https://mandarincorner.org/videos-by-... Like our unique content? We need your support to continue making these kinds of videos and maintain our website. When you support us, you become a Mandarin Corner Supporter. This will allow you to download all our audio, video and access all our other premium content. Please consider supporting us in one of the following ways: 1) Support us with international credit cards or debit cards: https://www.patreon.com/mandarincorne... 2) support us with a one-time PayPal donation at: https://mandarincorner.org/one-time-p... 3) Finally, you can support us through WeChat or Alipay: http://www.mandarincorner.org/support... 4) Become a member of our channel and get some great perks!