扒车喵最近，Quora网站贴出一个问题：什么样的自由是中国人有而美国人没有的？（What kind of freedoms do Chinese have but Americans don’t?），引起国外网友热议。
【下面是美版知乎Quora网友的评论】
Luo Hao Nan, lived in China
Updated Jul 12
(1) Fight with police without getting shot.
(2) Hanging out in the middle of night without worrying about our safety.
(3)Free from ridiculously expensive medical bill. E.g A visit to clinic for illness such as cough or fever usually cost less than 20 USD.
(4) Free from expensive school fee. E.g A year in the best Universities of China costs around 800USD a year, so that everyone has a chance for top-rated education in China.
1、与警察发生冲突不会被射杀。
2、半夜在外游荡，不用担心自己的安全。
3、医疗费用不会昂贵。例如去看病就诊咳嗽或发烧等疾病，花费通常少于20美元。
4、学费不贵，例如中国最好大学的一学年花费大约800美元，所以中国每个人都有机会接受一流教育。
Currently, these are the things that came to my mind
There are people disagree with my answer for reasons like U.S has this + that, and thus is generally better than China….. Well, personally, I believe that there are pros and cons living in both countries, and US definitely has more pros since it was more developed.
However, since the question didn’t ask for full comparison, I didn’t mention these aspects. So please only focus on the question… no hard feelings
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我目前想到的就是这些。
有人不同意我的观点，他们会说如美国有这有那，比中国好……好吧，个人认为住在两国各有利弊，而美国有更多优势，毕竟是发达国家。
Sam Arora, Great respect for China /Chinese, culture, peace loving, hard work/wisdom/smart
Answered Jul 4
Drugs: China is relatively free from drugs, but it may change with time.
Violent crimes: China is relatively very safe place as compared to the USA.
Women/Girls: I believe the Chinese Women/Girls have more freedom, rights, and equality than the American counterparts. I know, it may not fit well here, but that is the reality.
Please refer to Maya Kaiser’s thought on this subject, she lived/studied in China.
How do foreigners view China after visiting China?
毒品：中国相对没有毒品，但可能随着时间改变。
暴力犯罪：和美国相比，中国非常安全。
妇女/女孩：我相信，和美国相比，中国的妇女或女孩有更多自由、权利、平等。我知道这点可能不太合适，但这是事实。
请参考Maya Kaiser在这个主题上的想法，她在中国居住学习，“外国人在访问中国后对中国的看法是什么？”
（注：Maya答主的答案中心为：中国女性从事的职业很广泛，甚至比美国广泛，上从军事下至工业重活都有涉及。）
Women/Girls are relatively free from fear: I have seen it, and my Shanghai friend tells me, a young lady can walk fearlessly through the street of Shanghai in the middle of the night by herself.
Most of the Chinese do not attach themselves to too many materialistic things: The Chinese living styles, most of them live simple lives. I believe less worldly things fewer worries and more freedom.
Freedom to smoke almost anywhere: No smoking signs are everywhere, but at present are not entirely enforced.
妇女/女孩相对不用担心自身安全：我已经看过这点，我的上海朋友告诉我，一位年轻的女士能大胆地一个人半夜在上海街上逛。
大多数中国人不会太物质化：中国的生活方式，大多数人过着简单的生活。更少世俗的东西，更少的烦恼，更多的自由。
几乎每个地方都能自由抽烟：禁烟标志无处不在，但目前还没有完全实施。
Freedom to shop at any time in 24 hours: In the major cities it appears the shops are open round the clock.
A car is not a necessity: In China car is not a must, public transport is very efficient, safe and reasonable.
No need to maintain lawn: Most of the people live in Condominiums and Apartments.
*Total freedom not to cook food at home: There may be families cooking at home, but it appears working girls/boys/ eat all three meals at restaurants/or street food stalls.
24小时内随时购物：在大城市里，商店全天营业。
汽车不是必需品：中国，车并非必需品，公共交通发达高效。
不需要维护草坪：大多数人住在公寓内。
完全自由不用在家做饭：可能会有家庭做饭，但似乎工作的男孩女孩喜欢在饭馆或街边摊吃三餐。
*Less worries from obesity and overweight: The Chinese are relatively in better physical shape and it appears they may have less problems related to over weight.
* China is the top producer of vegetables in the world, and the Chinese are largest consumers of Vegetables and Fruit. Chinese consume most fruit and vegetables
Contrary to the traditional myth that Chinese eat a lot of rice in some parts of China and wheat in the other. The truth is their vegetable consumption is the highest in the world.
*很少担心肥胖或超重：中国人的体型相对好，他们似乎很少出现关于体重超标的问题。
*中国是世界上蔬菜生产最多的国家，中国人是蔬菜水果的最大消费者。中国人消费最多的蔬菜和水果。
有些地方的中国人吃大米，一些吃小麦；事实上，中国人的蔬菜消费是世界上最多的。
Freedom from worrying about coffee prices: Most of the Chinese drink Chinese green tea. They consume a meager quantity of sugared beverages, other favorite, and wise choice is hot water.
No problem for spending lonely old age: The Chinese family bond is extreme, and older people are almost worshiped there.
Free from stress of voting,wastage of resources and time. : The Chinese are free from the worries of voting, campaigns, mega expenses for running political systems and risk of electing wrong/questionable leaders.
Freedom from plastic cards: I believe the Chinese are relatively less stressed with credit cards than the Americans. The Chinese believe in very frugal living and high savings, basically living well within or below their means.
不用担心咖啡价格多高：大多数中国人喝中国绿茶。喝少量加糖饮料，还有最明智的选择是喝热水。
度过孤单的晚年没问题：中国家庭关系很特别，老年人备受尊敬。
没有投票压力，没有资源和时间浪费：中国人不用担心投票、竞选、政治体系的巨额开销以及选择一个错误/有问题的领导的风险。
摆脱信用卡：比起美国人，中国人相对没有信用卡压力。中国人崇尚简朴的生活和高储蓄，在基础生活或他们能力所及的范围内。
Freedom of buying alcohol: I know it is not good, but I believe alcohol is easily available, and age restrictions may be there. However, at present it seems these are not enforced very strictly.
Freedom from unemployment: On a face value it looks to me that there is hardly any unemployment there. Regardless, the way China is growing, I believe, the Chinese will have a lot of choices in the coming decades.
Freedom from procrastination and indecision: Things get done mega fast, when a native son/daughter revisit home town, cannot find his/her own home. He/she finds brand new roads/beautiful buildings/ and rerouted street to his/her home. There is no slow pace when the Govt decides something it gets done asap. When you see legendary bullet trains, circling Shanghai, it looks toy trains from a distant. There is/was no limit to connect mega cities with small ones and do the mass scale public transport.
购买酒的自由：我知道这不好，酒很容易买到，年龄限制可能存在，然而，目前似乎没有很严格地执行。
免于失业：对我来说，从表面看来，中国似乎几乎没有失业。无论如何，中国正在成长，我相信，未来几十年内中国人会有很多选择。
做事拖延，不会犹豫不决：办事速度非常快，人们在外打工回来，找不到自己的家，倒是看到了崭新的道路、美丽的建筑、街道改道。当政府决定某事时，就不会放慢脚步，并尽快完成。大城市和小城市之间的连接没限制，大规模的公共交通四通八达。
Freedom from carrying cash/coins: It is going to be money free society much earlier than the advanced countries. Total freedom from pickpockets, large vault, and struggle to find exact change.
Freedom to cook anything on four legs or two except tables, and anything which flies except the airplane: It is fair game, with Chinese cooking mastery with garlic and spices, guaranteed it to be tasty.
Freedom to live with your parents/Grandparents included: The Chinese society is a joint family system, married kids like to live separate, but unmarried are not looked down upon to live with their doting parents including G Parents.
Freedom to play Mahjong all night long: You may play mahjong all night and do not have to worry about the noisy game. Most likely neighbors would not call the police.
不用带现金或硬币：中国将比发达国家更早成为无现金的社会。不用担心被偷，不用找零钱那么麻烦。
中国人用蒜和调味料做饭，保证了美味。
和父母/祖父母居住的自由：中国社会是联合家庭体系，结婚的孩子喜欢分开住，没结婚的也不会因为和父母或祖父母们住一起而被看不起。
整夜玩麻将的自由：你或许会通宵玩麻将，不用担心游戏吵到别人；邻居们几乎不报警。
Freedom to do firecrackers in the early hours or late hours at night: The Chinese invented fireworks. Therefore they can play anytime they like(just kidding), The Chinese do use their freedom very well to display and celebrate with fireworks at any time of the day.
Freedom to break into square dance or any form of dance in pubic parks with music blasting: After all Chinese stay fit and this is one activity they like very much the open dancing. Any strangers can join, no problem. BTW, it is excellent practice; I was very impressed with it.
Freedom to piss and spit almost anywhere: I am originally from India, and I fully understand well, in highly populated countries it is a worldwide problem. I understand well, but classic westerns do not. Well, when you have to go you have to go.
凌晨或深夜放鞭炮的自由：中国人发明了烟花。能在任何时候放（开个玩笑）。中国人的确很好地运用了他们的自由，在一天内的任何时间用烟花表现或庆祝。
自由地在公园里放音乐跳广场舞：中国人保持着健康，这是他们非常喜欢的户外跳舞活动。任何陌生人都能加入，没问题。顺便说，这是很棒的锻炼；
几乎任何地方都能自由地小便或吐痰：我来自印度，我完全理解，在人口众多的城市里，这是个世界性的问题。我也理解，但传统西方人理解不来。
Freedom of a child growing without diaper: The Chinese do not believe in diapers, and besides it expensive and fills landfills. After all, Child is child, let him roam free, and help himself. I know due to my Indian background. Bonus Chinese kids do not have nasty diaper rash.
We have almost same thing in India also.
Freedom to show your bellies: Big, bold, bare bellies seems to be in fashion, and why not males in every species show their best to attract females. Belly is not bad sign in China, it is sign of richness. Think about laughing Buddha.
不用尿布：中国人不喜欢给孩子戴尿布，尿布贵。毕竟，孩子是孩子，让他自由地跑，自己做事。我知道这是因为我的印度背景，中国孩子不会受肮脏尿布疹的困扰。
我们印度也有同样的事情。
展示自己肚皮的自由：袒露腹部似乎是时尚的，为什么每个物种的雄性不向雌性展示最好的一面。在中国，露肚皮不是坏事，是富裕的标志，想想笑佛。
Freedom of not having doors or even partitions on the toilet rooms:
I am Indo-Canadian, and I be here close to 50 years, I thought I saw everything in this field due to my Indian birth and growing up. However, I must admit this is unique even for my standards.
厕所没有门，甚至连隔板都没有。
我是印度裔加拿大人，在这里呆了将近50年。我在印度出生长大，没有门的厕所，我见多了。
不过即使按照我的标准来看，厕所没有门，还是挺奇特的
你身边有外国人吗？他们是如何看待中国的？欢迎下方留言分享你的观点。
