Sometimes I think capitalism really doesn't agree with the more selfish side of Chinese culture. That is, they really shouldn't be trusted with that economic system lest it ruin them. Of course, the same could be said for every other selfish administration out there (yes, I'm looking at you, Uncle Sam) but I'm just writing about the stuff I've been observing about the Chinese as featured in the news.
My impression is that there's a mile wide streak of greed not tempered by a sense of civic duty at play here. Chinese culture is quite socialist by nature, and garnering wealth exclusively for one's private gain is somewhat taboo. For one, openly declaring that one cares primarily for oneself can have some major negative repercussions on one's social image. However, seeing the unethical and sometimes outright cruel things that are done, I get the impression that the perpetrators have outright ditched the moral values enshrined in their own culture and taken on bare faced greed instead. That's not very healthy at all.
I'm not sure if this is really the case, or if it is whether it can be rectified in some way within a generation or two. Times change, I guess.
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