It is why the tension in China is so high everywhere. Do you want to know the trick an American journalist used to distinguish the Chinese and the tourists (with Chinese origin) from other part of the world, in Tiananmen square? The facial expression. When you look at the facial expressions of Chinese, you rarely see a relaxed and calm smile. What you see are distress, anger, dispire, or just plain numb.
This belief is also the reason why China is going in the opposite direction against the rest of the world.