Given that this is a recurrent theme and is so widely discussed over and over, just maybe there might be some truth in the way chinese behave. OOOOOH, the big bad stereotype! Well guess what? Certain segments of people have to exhibit a trait for the stereotype to exist, now doesn't it!
And you know what else, its not just me or other expats. Many of my local friends have expressed their shame at the ignorance they see and it drives them nuts too; just as I do when I see drunken, boorish gwei lo's acting up in LKF or Wan Chai. I've had this discussion before with a good local friend of mine, who I met thru geoexpat and who I'm sure will weigh in shortly. She claims its because in this culture a lot of people are just never taught the basics. So its ok for her to say it, but not others? She has told me, and she is absolutely right...I just need to learn to deal with it!
I'm not a racist, and I resent that implication. My friends are all locals, my girlfriend is not white. All I am doing is being forthright and honest about a sensitive subject, and if I happen to say something unpleasant, well that doesn't make it untrue or racially motivated.