What would you say is the biggest difference between British and Chinese cultures?
Did you face racism or discrimination after returning to the UK? Did that slow down or stop once you became a UFC fighter?
Biggest cultural differences. Well, I can only go by what I saw and my circumstances were different in Hong Kong to the UK, so it's not really apples with apples (7 year old English speaking kid in Hong Kong vs teenager in the UK). I would say that in the UK people are more wary of pedos and it was weird coming here and not be allowed out when it was dark.
Brits also seem to care a lot about their appearance and buying expensive clothes whilst they are poor. That was also strange to me, how people would save up money to buy fancy shoes to show off to their friends and make fun of people for having cheap shoes. Chinese culture was quite the opposite for me, they were very money minded and wasting loads of money on clothes made you an idiot. I know in other areas of Chinese culture they do like to display wealth but I'm talking at a working class level.
Animal cruelty is much more common in Chinese culture. They don't give a fuck about an animal's feelings. Wet markets are a real thing and sad to see. My grandmother came to England when I was born and went into a fishmonger to buy a crab. She was horrified when she bought it and claimed, "it's dead!"
Theft is also barely even considered a crime. You were a moron for leaving your stuff in a place where it would get stolen - and it will.
Racism. Nah, I'm half English and half Chinese, so both cultures accepted me
LOL not really, I was called "English kid" in Hong Kong and "chink" in the UK. Racism was only an issue in school. Fizzled out as I got older. Being a fighter didn't seem to make a difference.