Yup they do! Not all of them, but a lot of them will proudly tell you that Shanghai was "the biggest urban metropolis in the Far East" before Mao and the Japanese ruined everything. Having said that, Shanghainese with nostalgia for KMT hates Mao, but they also hate the Japanese for putting an end to the supposed golden age of 1927-1937 (the Republican Decade). On the other hand, they tend to see the British, French, and Americans as "advanced people" making Shanghai prosperous and rich.
This is my opinion only BUT UNTIL TAIWAN, THE SCS ISSUE and the U.S. have yet to be pushed back to their continental area then THE NEED TO GUARD AND SOMETIMES THE ZEALOUSNESS of the Chinese people must remain at its most vigilant. Until that day arrives I just don't think we can ever allow the country a sense of normalcy as if it's the continental U.S. or fortress America. China has yet to achieve that unenviable position to relax.
To quote Winston Churchill: "If you can't get food, why are you still alive?"
Agreed. Even then, China should never relax. But let's not let one person's delusions and shilling for western talking points make us get angry at some SH people. They may be useful and I am sure china has an eye on them to keep them in check. The Chinese government is larger then just Xi. Even if he retires, pretty sure the system will produce another like him.
He might be Indian.
It's jealousy, period. There are stereotypes for each nation on earth. Texans and New Yorkers don't necessarily like each other. But picking Shanghai inside China has become a sport for those who don't like to be at the receiving end. I despise any discrimination in the US. But Chinese are among most discriminatory creatures on earth. Chinese don't necessarily discriminate based on skin color. But they do on other factors. One of my personal experience in 1980s demonstrated that Cantonese are more discriminatory against "outsiders" than Shanghainese. Just to remind you, CCP was founded in Shanghai for reasons.
There is no such thing as Muslim world. there is one leader of Muslim world and if any muslim country not in conformity with his view than that country got a kick from behind and those kicks can become endless and countries are either too weak or not even capable of understanding it. so all other issues become irrelevant.
This is how CIVILIZED THE BRITISH people that SOME idiots in SHANGHAI seem to cling to (pathetic bunch of people).
