Comments on: Online Humor Affirms Xinjiang Stereotypes

By: ouyang

Mon, 19 May 2008 16:58:15 +0000

Some Han Chinese who live in Xinjiang told me a saying about Henan when I took a flight from Zhengzhou to Urumqi. I can’t remember it exactly, but it was something like, “A Japanese will do you less harm with a bayonet than a Henan Ren will do to your wallet.”

I lived in Henan for a year, and I didn’t experience any troubles that would justify that generalization, but I laughed at their comments. One thing about the Chinese is that most seem to think whatever province they’re living in is better than the others. Henan people told me that Xinjiang was cold and full of people with anti-Han sentiments.

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By: Uyghur

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:50:49 +0000

According to a post in Uyghur language website diyarim.com (http://bbs.diyarim.com/read.php?tid=19501), Ughur students in East China Normal University (华东师范大学）has complained Shanghai police about this racial stereotyping incident.

By: kopiikat

Sat, 10 May 2008 14:30:15 +0000

Wow, this was really interesting. I can’t say that it was particularly humorous, though.

I wasn’t all that surprised by the results — except for one. Wine? “Grapes” I can see, but “wine?” I can’t say I ever thought of Xinjiang as a place for wine connoisseurs.

Were there no maps about China made by people from Xinjiang? Maybe TND should make one?