Psychologist calls China a nation of giant infants
Society & Culture
Top society and culture news for March 13, 2017. Part of the daily The China Projectย news roundup "Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago in April โ U.S. media."
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A psychologist explains why Chinese people only have the mental age of a six-month-oldย / Quartz
In the recent book The Country of โGiant Babiesโ ๅทจๅฉดๅฝย (in Chinese), by Wu Zhihong ๆญฆๅฟ็บข, a famous mental health doctor who has written several best sellers about psychology, the author defines contemporary China as a nation of giant babies in search of their mothers. In the book, Wu looks at a wide range of social problems, such as โmamaโs boys,โ conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, and suicides of left-behind kids in rural areas. To explain why these phenomena exist, Wu argues that the majority of Chinese share three characteristics with infants younger than six months. First, they canโt tell themselves apart from the outside world. Second, they want everything to follow their own rules. Last, they donโt recognize anything between the two extremes of good and bad. The book was recently removed from Chinese bookstores in mid-February due to bad print quality, according to the publisher, but Chinese internet users have speculated that โcensors banned the book because it is offensive to Chinese beliefs and traditions.โ
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