In para. 4 of Ralph Frammolino’s “Medals Become a Gold Mine….”, he paraphrases the Japanese taunting of Chinese men, explaining that the Japanese considered Chinese men “the sickly men from East Asia.” This arrogant perception by the Japanese, in part, gave them the confidence to try to conquer parts of China in World War II, especially the Japanese occupation of Shanghai.
However, China now is a great world power with a powerful army and navy and many examples of strong individual men with a lot of intelligence and discipline, and China’s contemporary films, such as Mr. Six and Wolf Warrior (I think this is the title, but you will have to check to make sure.) have represented Chinese men in favorable, dominant roles. In what non-political, non-military ways can China continue to portray its citizens, especially males, in an impressive, admirable light so that nations such as Japan, Russia, the US and other world powers realize that they can no longer consider Chinese males “the sickly men of East Asia”?
Do Chinese male students who study abroad feel as if they are negatively stereotyped by American, British, Australian and Canadian men?
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