From: ylu@bach.helios.nd.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.korean
Subject: Re: the answers GMT was looking for (Re: Chinese questions)
Date: 18 Aug 92 04:55:55 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame

In article <4682@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> hnkst2+@pitt.edu (Hanhwe N Kim) writes:
>
>OK, the following include some generalizations which are dangerous
>
>I've had the fortune to meet a Chinese of Korean descent who lives
>in gil-lim province( I forgot the Chinese pronuciation) where there
>is an autonomous region. He told me some of the prejudices that
>Chinese have of Koreans there are:
>
>1) Koreans love to eat dogs.
>2) The Koreans are aggressive go-getters but spend all the money they
>   make on conspicuous consumption-especially dressing up.
>3) Koreans are good cooks.
>4) The Japanese are shifty and cunning and you can never figure out
>   what they REALLY think but Koreans are more open and direct. 
>   If you wrong a Korean they will get back at you right away but
>   are also quick to forgive.
>5) Koreans drink alot.
>6) Koreans are noisy.
>
	I think it is fun in this group. Let me join you guys. I spent four
	years in Ji Lin (not gil-lim) provience to finish my BS degree. I
        have a lots of korean friends. Yes, there are few millions korean
        there. 

Chinese prejudicess about Korean:
 
(1) Korean are not stupid. The ratio of college graduates vs population is
    higher than that of china as a whole. It is the only autonomous region
    where the high school graduates compete EUUALLY with chinese for national
    college entrance exams. The others will get a litter extra bonus in order
    to help them.
(2) Korean are very good entertainers.  They like to dance in the cases of
    small happy events to show their happyness. 
(3) Korean are very straight forward. They are easy to get happy or anger.
    If you are friend of them they can do anything for you. If they do'nt
    like you, you are better keep a little bit away from them.
(4) Korean are SO SO cookers. They have many many kinds of kimchi stuff.
    This is the impression the chinese have.
(5) Korean like HHHOT food and DOGs. There are lots of korean restaurants
    specializing dog mealt. Here there is some culture different. The westner
    may think it is awful. What is the different to ead beef? Myself like
    hot korean food, but so so dog mealt. I did try a few times. In the 
    medal.totally news group there is a guy who offended korean, he wrote
    korean got so many gold medals in Olympic game because they eat dogs.
    This guy is bull shit, is'nt he?
(6) In term of drinking, korean absolutely dominate chinese. I am sure 
    korean are ranked at top in the world (same group with germans). When
    there are a few korean friends get together, they will drink until 
    they can not walk.
(7) in term of bathing korean are about same with northern chinese. There
    water is not very rich. I do not think the people open more laundering
    stories, they must be more clearner. This is not a good job if you can do
    something else.
 
(8) Korean have a lot of traditional customs. chinese are not used to many of
    them. for example, the lower generation can not smoke in front of upper
    genaration in any case. The way how can you sit down and when are very
    complicated. Some chinese think it is too old fashioned.
(9) Korean films are EXTREMLY slow. The actresses and the actors cry very
    very often and nunecessary. 
(10)Korean women use their heads to carry very heavy things. No chinese 
    understand that.


Over all, the impression about korean is ok. Very few korean live in south
or west of china. People there know nothing about korean.
 
These are my impression about how chinese think about korean.