different country got different moral code, yes, chinese also critisize it's country, but usually not in front of friegner,
if i would like to critisize china, i would point out, china's national soccer team suck, no spirit no hard working, no right attitude.
compare to britian, you are really blessed to have a team which can participate in world cup, or euros, the big event,
And in china ,watching soccer game in world cup, we have to wait until 3 am in the morning,
for you guys, you can just finish dinner, order cup of beer, they enjoy the game,
After the final of world cup, we really are exhausted

although the reality is not so perfect, but we try to show the best of us to foriegner, that's culture heritage,
just like some guest is visiting your house, then you clean up everything, not so mess as it usually does,

I thought we were all supposed to criticize Alex's country?

sh*t weather

your women are almost as fat as american women,

and your TV sucks balls

Australia is getting to be owned by lawyers and other associated middle class trough feaders. We're lucky to have natural resources as we have very little ability to generate intellectual wealth. We run with this so called 'clever country' notion which equates to tertiary education for all, and that will make us great. This has given rise to the 'national skills shortgage'. Any fool can see you require appropriately apportioned skill sets across your population in order to achieve economic and social goals. In Australia we seek to discover immortality through regulation and spending, every accident and illness is preventable in Australia. We're a nation of pretenders and whiners. In Australia we call slack asses 'battlers' and hard workers are 'high income earners'. Every criminal in Australia is a victim and every successful person should pay more tax because they are lucky. Dumb people have very loud voices in Australia.

Nice thread, Droog. I don't have time right now to write a post as long as yours, but I'll try to have a go at it if I can find a moment (and if the thread hasn't turned into a total flame war yet).

Anyway, what you say about UK can be applied, I think, to most western europe countries for the last decade, give or take a few local variations.

Made me think about that, although this is a different tone :

http://www.zompist.com/amercult.html

Ok, I understand that, however you need to realise that foreigners who live here have eyes and memories and a capability for perception. Sure, we have problems in our home countries - such as those mentioned by Alex - and most foreigners you meet will be able to tell you at length what's wrong with their countries. However, you need to realise that when we live here, we can see China's problems, too. Why pretend to us that they aren't there, that there's no problem, that everything in China's great? We live here too and we aren't blind. Or stupid. Well, most of us aren't.

no I didn't...did I? f***...Guess it's time I ate the dRanO

china's government is not transparent, even cats and dogs know that, and in cultural revolution, china wasted ten year, suppress it's own intellectuals,
Is it ok?

come to self criticism, i remember a saying said by zengzi, kongzi's disciple
吾日三省吾身，为人谋而不忠乎?与朋友交而不信乎?传不习乎
i self criticise three time, i am being a good official for my emperor, i am being loyal to my friends, am i being learning the culture heritage

A rather wide interpretation of Confucius. 省 doesn't denote in any case 'critique', more like 'reflection' or 'self-examination'. For a correct translation see: whatever website.
As far as I understand, there's no adequate translation for 'critique' in Chinese. Most of the related words have a negative connotation.
Funny enough you mentioned this citation of Kongzi: 为人谋而不忠乎, which denies you any criticism from the start.

@Droog
You said it yourself: this venture is doomed to fail! Why even try?

The United States

1. We traded individual freedoms for access to cheap credit to buy mobile phones, jet skies, and massive Mc Mansions in the suburbs.

2. The all you can eat buffet. For the price of a regular meal, you can gorge your self on low quality food. The all you can eat buffet has some to epitomize american consumer culture.

3. Music. Holy Fu*k. Look at this years grammy winners. These acts make me want to rip out my eye balls and stuff them in my ears just to stop the pain.

4. WWJD bracelets and mega churches

5. NASCAR Dads

6. Myspace guidos

7. The cult of celebrity, and how the average american chases it like a rabid pitbull going after a neighbors child.

8. cobrasnake.com, when did this sh*t become the pinnacle of cool?

9. Dubs. I heard my mother actually use the term spinners. Guess what guy's it is no longer cool to put 22inch rims on your leased escalade.

http://www.thebeijinger.com/forum/2009/01/10/Blackman-why-did-a-part-of-...

At least it made people feel alive to express themselves, disagree, agree, argue, laugh, yell, throw things and curse but TBJ including this thread is just bingo for old people waiting to die in a nursing home.

don't mind me over here, I'm just staring at the wall