China Myth Podcast

Truth-Default Theory Explains Why Chinese Talk To Strangers Differently

September 29, 2022 Gene Hsu
China Myth Podcast
Truth-Default Theory Explains Why Chinese Talk To Strangers Differently
Show Notes

Are you AWARE of your own Truth-Default, which is your tendency to trust a stranger?

It's been studied and sociologically proven that "the majority of people believe most people are mostly honest most of the time."  

Chinese people naturally default-to-skepticism toward people they don't know (陌生人 mòshēng rén), not just foreigners, because by definition, they only care about the level of Guanxi. 

Default-to-skepticism is how they think, but you wouldn’t know it by how they behave, as every gesture of friendliness or goodwill is for the sake of developing/deepening Guanxi, while in a literal sense there isn’t any ‘trust’ as we understand its meaning in the West behind their passion and camaraderie.

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