It’s no surprise (but surprise only one protest so far) as generally Japanese has great ‘love’ affinity for the Mongolian. There is a unproven saying that Japanese actually descend from Mongolia. But a more popular tale is that Japanese were actually from the 3,000 virgins boys and girls who are sent to fetch the everlasting portion by the first Emperor of China.

Maybe the Martian may be able to tell us on this.

I thought you were joking about the martians… hahahaha

Back to tatemae and honne. This week I read “Forty Signs of Rain,” a science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, in which the main characters all work in politics and science policy (at the NSF) in Washington DC. There is a scene where a character describes to some befuddled Tibetans how when a Senator tells you “I’ll see what I can do” it actually means “no way.” The only difference between this scene and stereotypical descriptions of tatemae and honne in Japan is that there are no special words in English for the concepts.

hahahahaha how did u get to this conclusion?

Beeway, I think ur list is very limited, because I think you can find all of the above in all races. Also, it depends on what region of the country you are talking about. North taiwanese ppl are slightly different to South Taiwanese and I am sure both types are different from the Chinese.

The politically correct way is NOT “chinese (include taiwanese)”, is it chinese and taiwanese if u would like to make it into one category.