Average Chinese person's view of UK

[nightowl]

I got talking to a Chinese woman on a language exchange app recently and, although she doesn't come across like she's totally swallowed the party guidebook, there's enough hints in her comments about our supposedly easy working lives, ridiculously long holidays etc to suggest she probably hasn't been given the most balanced information. There's certainly been plenty of "Oh, I didn't realise that" moments. Does this sound fairly par for the course in terms of how someone from China might view the UK?

 

[ska invita]

Working conditions in China can be appauling.
"Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma famously said it was a "blessing" for anyone to be part of the so-called "996 work culture"- where people work 9am to 9pm, six days a week. "

China steps in to regulate brutal '996' work culture

Workers in China are fed up with the brutal 12-hour work days once seen as a key driver of success.

www.bbc.co.uk

surprised it hasnt triggered a communist revolution

 

[JimW]

I got talking to a Chinese woman on a language exchange app recently and, although she doesn't come across like she's totally swallowed the party guidebook, there's enough hints in her comments about our supposedly easy working lives, ridiculously long holidays etc to suggest she probably hasn't been given the most balanced information. There's certainly been plenty of "Oh, I didn't realise that" moments. Does this sound fairly par for the course in terms of how someone from China might view the UK?

Don't think most people give us much thought at all. I get a real range from very dated stereotypes through football to simmering resentment based on imperialist wrongdoing long ago. Most common thing is probably contempt for the food.