It's because when it comes to Chinese at least, Chinese in China and their western born peers live in two separate worlds. Relatively, western born Asians like us ARE the privileged ones and we shouldn't forget this.

No doubt there are some similarities, but overall the thinking is a lot different and what some of us perceive as slights doesn't register to them because it isn't relevant. Most Chinese don't think Dietfurt is racist and in fact feel great pride that a small town so far away admires their culture. To them, it's a way of forging understanding and sharing something in common between two great civilizations.

That's why when Trump's granddaughter became a viral sensation in China because she could speak Chinese. Despite the anti-China rhetoric by the Trump administration, most Chinese do prefer Trump to Clinton and many still do. Although the vast majority are indifferent.

Besides, nothing stops China from doing the same thing. Here's a Trump chicken in a city in Shanxi.


Westerners and Indians think this is mockery of Trump. It's actually just business practice and perhaps a sense of admiration.