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Seventeen years on the streets, living and working with the people of China, Jeff
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My introduction
Chinamaxxing. Seriously?
If true, I find this phenomenon of Chinamaxxing really interesting, because for hundreds of years, especially the 1500s-1600s, China was THE massive media, cultural, academic, scientific and technological polestar in Europe. Voltaire in France and Gottfried Leibniz in Germany topped the list of many movers and shakers who were all in on all things Chinese. In fact, almost everything that Europe acquired in terms of progress and advancement during the Enlightenment and Renaissance came from China, via the Maritime and Overland Silk Roads,
China Tech: Invention, Innovation, Technology, Research and Development – Past, Present, Future – 5,000 Years of Progress. A China Rising Radio Sinoland Living Document.
The New Chinoiserie
Back then it was called Chinoiserie and it was all the rage, even in middle- and lower-class households. Thus, the latest renaissance of Chinoiserie is very interesting.
I don’t know how long and/or deep it will last in the totally debauched Talmud-Tanakh West, because these days there are aspects of Chinese civilization that are not in harmony with the prior’s Wokeist Me-ism.
The comparative chart of social hierarchy says it all,
The Judeo-West has lost its way
In Chinese society, accountability, consequences for one’s actions and meritocracy are paramount. These days in the Judeo-West, everyone just has to say the Jewish Kol Nidre prayer and you are absolved of doing anything wrong, like raping children, drinking their blood, offering their dead bodies to Lucifer and committing genocide around the world against Goyim. It’s all Okey-Dokey. Just fine.
This chart explains the Talmudic West perfectly and no one is accountable,
China is a whole other reality
In China, family, society and the leaders come first. Social harmony and collective solidarity are cultural bedrocks. You must respect your elders, even if you think you know better. You need to be humble. Integrity is everything. You need to show humiliation and contrition when you mess up. You need to be modest. You need to be courteous and practice etiquette. You need to practice rituals. You need to be generous and offer gifts.
I grew up with a lot of this, but sure don’t see much of it anymore in the occupied, colonized and Weimarized Judeo-West.
The whole ambiance here in China, where we live and work, is completely different than in the Satanic-West, which has been so grotesquely depraved by the Talmud-Tanakh Judeans, that it’s almost unrecognizable today.
Flash in the pan? Most likely.
If nothing else, I’m sure Chinamaxxing will at least be a superficial flash in the pan, as far as fashion and cosplaying, which the Chinese do a lot of, role playing, etcetera. But to really mimic the Chinese would mean a sea change in the ethics and conduct of Judeo-Westerners, and I don’t know if they are up for it this day and age.
Thanks to fellow China Writer Wei Ling Chua for finding this, with his comments
Remarks: China achieving all these without firing a shot, without aggression. Chinese leaderships only keep doing the right thing at home, and towards friendly countries, and willingly accepting back any barbarian nations changing their minds to endorse the values of win win, equality, and mutual respect.
… Against this backdrop, it can seem like something of a 180 for many Gen Z Americans to now embrace “becoming Chinese.”
But experts say the trend reveals deeper undercurrents like dissatisfaction among many Americans with life at home – from political turmoil, gun violence, immigration crackdowns and persistent racial tensions. All this has dulled the veneer of the US, driving curiosity for American youths to see what life is like on the other side.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/asia/chinamaxxing-americans-soft-power-intl-hnk-dst
At least, if you’ve spent enough time recently on social media, where the phenomenon of “Chinamaxxing” has swept feeds with videos of people sipping hot water, shuffling around the house in slippers and donning a viral Adidas jacket resembling historic Chinese fashion.
These things, content creators joke, will help you “become Chinese” – reflecting a growing Western fascination with Chinese culture and aesthetics.
Why gen Zs on social media are having ‘a very Chinese time in my life’
7 Feb 2026 — Experts say the trend points to a different kind of engagement with Chinese culture, which has emerged in the context of the US-China rivalry.
Young Americans are embracing ‘Chinamaxxing’. That’s a soft power boost for Beijing
21 hours ago — … Chinese” – reflecting a growing Western fascination with Chinese culture and aesthetics. … But this feels a little different from previous …
Is this a ‘very Chinese time in your life’? The trend boosting China’s soft power
14 Feb 2026 — Some say Chinamaxxing stems from young Americans’ disenchantment with their own country, although it’s unclear how much that is really driving
References
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JEFF J. BROWN, Editor, China Rising, and Senior Editor & China Correspondent, Dispatch from Beijing, The Greanville Post
Jeff J. Brown is a geopolitical analyst, journalist, lecturer and the author of The China Trilogy. It consists of 44 Days Backpacking in China – The Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century, with the United States, Europe and the Fate of the World in Its Looking Glass (2013); Punto Press released China Rising – Capitalist Roads, Socialist Destinations (2016); and BIG Red Book on China (2020). As well, he published a textbook, Doctor WriteRead’s Treasure Trove to Great English (2015). Jeff is a Senior Editor & China Correspondent for The Greanville Post, where he keeps a column, Dispatch from Beijing and is a Global Opinion Leader at 21st Century. He also writes a column for The Saker, called the Moscow-Beijing Express. Jeff writes, interviews and podcasts on his own program, China Rising Radio Sinoland, which is also available on YouTube, Stitcher Radio, iTunes, Ivoox and RUvid. Guests have included Ramsey Clark, James Bradley, Moti Nissani, Godfree Roberts, Hiroyuki Hamada, The Saker and many others. [/su_spoiler]
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