I remember reading somewhere that the reason he did that was to hide the fact that he committed suicide from his mother (which I think is a nice thing to do). In the end, it apparently worked, as his mother was convinced that he had neglected to wash his hands after working in the lab or something.
I agree with this to an extent. Specifically, with regards to the television clips we see of Chinese People. We really don't know a whole lot about them, and seeing this 30 second emotional clips of them being abused by government and being jailed, etc. might give us the wrong impression of the standard of living over there. Imagine what kind of reaction "Cops" would illicit in the average Chinese person and how that would affect their perception of North America. Just because our Chinese friends aren't puking on the street with a ripped tank-top and gravy stains doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't the same kinda trash we have over here.
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I remember reading somewhere that the reason he did that was to hide the fact that he committed suicide from his mother (which I think is a nice thing to do). In the end, it apparently worked, as his mother was convinced that he had neglected to wash his hands after working in the lab or something.
I agree with this to an extent. Specifically, with regards to the television clips we see of Chinese People. We really don't know a whole lot about them, and seeing this 30 second emotional clips of them being abused by government and being jailed, etc. might give us the wrong impression of the standard of living over there. Imagine what kind of reaction "Cops" would illicit in the average Chinese person and how that would affect their perception of North America. Just because our Chinese friends aren't puking on the street with a ripped tank-top and gravy stains doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't the same kinda trash we have over here.