Just one case recently: I was at a Chinese restaurant in a rural area of the US, and when I started speaking my elementary-school level Chinese, they were very supportive, and encouraging me to go visit the mainland.

I think overall there's a growing pride in the Chinese diaspora communities regardless of their politics. They see how terrible western countries are especially in terms of racism, inequality, and social isolation. They see the increasing wages and quality of life of their relatives back home, and see for themselves that the CPC is genuinely trying to improve the lives of its citizens, whereas western countries are leaving them atomized and abandoned.

I know a couple. One is a gay woman from Beijing, very cool and is a party member. Has dope politics except gets a little libby when it comes to freeze peach.

Other is a self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Nanking, he's a cool guy but he's definitely one of the more boug classes. Lives in america for better wages and says he'll move to taiwan or hong kong if it doesn't work out here, but he plans to move back to China after he makes enough money.

He does shit on everything about amerikkka though so I give him a pass on his libbery

Ooh I’ve been waiting for this question for awhile!

I’m actually a Chinese diaspora (hence my username, which stands for American-Born Chinese Marxist-Leninist). (For those who aren’t familiar, the term ABC refers to Chinese Americans who are born in the United States.)

In my experience, the more lib and anti-China the person is, the more cringe they get. This applies to Chinese, both mainland and diaspora. In general, if you meet Chinese abroad, they are more likely than your average person in China itself to be a liberal (due to all the normal reasons, such as being more likely to be of a bourgeois background, Western education, etc)

I’ve met some Chinese libs who glaze Japan and talk about how they hate the “CCP” 🙄 These people overall seem to lead unhappy lives given the amount of cognitive dissonance they have to deal with when trying to explain how it is China is able to have much better public transport compared to the US for example lol

The diaspora are not much better either. I have unfortunately never met another fellow ABC that actually has based politics on China. They overwhelmingly treat the CPC with contempt and complain about “authoritarianism” and how they are so glad their family left China and other weird stuff. Many of them in university joined the Taiwanese club or whatever since they felt ashamed to be descended from mainland Chinese immigrants 🤦‍♂️

Speaking of Taiwan, I’ve noticed that Taiwanese locals and diaspora almost universally have this anti mainland China attitude. I’ve met quite a few of them and when I asked them if they’ve ever been to the mainland, they all said no and all seem like they are quite scared of the idea of even doing so. They seem quite uncomfortable when I tell them they should and that mainland China is actually quite nice to visit.

Similar cringe comes from Hong Kong diaspora. I met one guy who was born and raised in Hong Kong until 2019, right around the protests, and his family moved to the United Kingdom after that. He could only complain about how bad life in the UK is and how he always dreaded having to go back home, but he still views China negatively. I honestly don’t know if I should feel sorry or if I should just laugh as these people increasingly feel “oppressed” about Hong Kong and its development.

Finally, the part where I talk about Chinese in China! While there are plenty of people who are not particularly political, there were some who were quite vocal about their views and were willing to discuss them with me. These people overwhelmingly supported the government and were not afraid of telling the truth on how they viewed China’s development. Unlike the other groups mentioned above, these Chinese locals that I talked to actually have nuanced and informed views on the CPC and China in general. Their support of the government is grounded in reality, contrary to the average liberal who wants to dismiss them all as “brainwashed by the CCP”, so conversations with them are actually normal lol. My enthusiasm and optimism surrounding China is actually matched here.

Another fun thing is watching other people being thrown for a loop when I tell them that I am a pro-China Chinese American. Many people falsely assume that I am Chinese Chinese when they first meet me and talk in a mildly condescending manner, only to suddenly realize I’m an American and switch to being more normal. Of course, at this point I know that they don’t view Chinese people with respect so the conversations become slightly tense and awkward, as well as being aware that they view me as brainwashed for having a pro-China view.

Of course, the most important thing to remember is that these are just generalizations. I’m sure there are plenty of ABCs who are like me, but refuse to speak up about their pro-China views for fear of being ostracized, just as there are probably plenty of cringe West worshipping libs living in China. At the end of the day, people have different opinions. Some are happy and have positive outlooks, others don’t.

All in all, I’m very happy that Chinese in China are able to appreciate the progress made under the leadership of the CPC. Given how isolated people like me are politically in the US, I think I honestly should just move to China in the future at this point and join my comrades but we’ll see I guess lol

I only interacted with two. One was a gay guy who was disowned by his family for being gay. He also makes it a point to mention his hatred of communism, but i never dug further. Good at pole dancing though

The other one was an apolitical woman that takes shrooms every couple months because she finds it fun.

Both complained about the netherlands being unfriendly towards foreigners and very expensive

I have interacted with quite a few mainland Chinese people who have moved to the West. They tend to come from well-off backgrounds since the most common way they can come here is by enrolling in a university course, which is extremely expensive. I think this + wanting to live in and fit in the West is what causes them to usually be very biased against the PRC and repeat the same propaganda lines you hear Westerners say about China (uyghurs, social credit score, etc).

Most of them are equally disappointed of what life is like in the West. Some end up going back to China, very few are actually positive and supportive towards the PRC, whether it's from a more political angle (they explicitly support the CPC) or from a more "daily life" angle (things just work and get better there, unlike in the West).

I once met a guy who moved to UK from hong kong and they were hardcore US supporter and wanted the US to nuke the entirety of the middle east and claimed that especially muslims were invading western countries like the UK and taking over and enstating the dreaded "Sharia law". He also wanted the US to Nuke china and destroy it.

Meanwhile everyone I've met from the Mainland is totally chill and very very very educated about world events and speaking multiple languages. I'm still friends with all of them. One recently joined the Communist party so I'm super interested in talking with them about stuff.

I live right next to a Chinese family (first generation immigrants like my own family, i think) and they are very nice people and i occasionally make small talk with them, but since i don't talk politics with neighbors it would feel weird to single them out for politics talk just because they are Chinese.

by overseas do you mean living abroad, or from taiwan? question is a little unclear to me, but maybe it's just me

I know 2 Chinese in my neighbourhood, both are young guys who are students, and both are pretty much reactionary and anti communist. One is from a mainland landowning Bourgeois family, and is ultra rich/privileged, but even then despite being pro western and anti Chinese government, he's able to recognise that China is better off under the CPC governance and that the party has been responsible for a lot of progress.

The other guy is from Taiwanese diaspora, and is fully west-pilled, hates mainlanders, hates the CPC, wants Taiwanese independence etc. they're not sending their best clearly.

The local chinese diaspora in my town is insanely greedy, very different to what i've experienced doing business with mainland chinese. One of the couples is really weird, i was childhood friend with one of their sons, the mom is mean and repugnant but the dad is very friendly.

Overseas Chinese: Cue Marco Rubio on Cuba.

From misinformed opinions to psycopathic desire of destruction.

Where is your art from? I think it looks cool.

Indonesian here (wouldnt actually call ourselves chinese because we have lost alot of our roots including the language) i've noticed that alot of us here are racists (also reactionary against any lgbt topics but that's most of the country tbh) though its understandable after the ethnic killings, discriminatory practices by the government from the past (not counting us as citizens,increased surveilence (my gramps experienced this because he was a teacher before), not being allowed to use chinese names,making it illegal to teach Mandarin or any of the dialects), the 1998 riots that caused a generational trauma till now, racism by other people (not really a big problem in my generation, but heard it was bad before). most of the older chinese generation here (if its not just my bubble, these are all hakkas and historically we were poor) have favorable views of China though they have a poor understanding of it.