为什么Quora上有这么多的中国人? [美国媒体]

Why are there so many Chinese on Quora?

为什么Quora上有这么多的中国人?



Interesting question.
I am a Chinese student, and while I can’t represent all the Chinese on Quora, I can list a few reasons.
Listen to different voices.
I use Zhihu, an app in China which is similar to Quora. I must admit that I love this kind of app quite much, and I am curious about how the voice differs on Quora. Indeed, on this platform I encounter some questions I’ve never imagined people may raise. I hear some straightforward discussions about Chinese government, about Chinese military power, about whether China should take act aginst South Korea, etc.
2. Learn English.
While I am not here to learn English, some Chinese do want to learn English on Quora. Believe it or not, some Wechat public accounts even recommend Quora as a place to learn English. English on Quora is usually relatively simple and understandable. Moreover,many Quora users are native speakers.
3. Vanishing language barrier
Far more Chinese can speak English than English-speakers can speak Chinese. Even if only a small portion of Chinese who know basic English come to Quora, there will be a number of Chinese.

有趣的问题。
我是一个中国学生，虽然我不能代表Quora上所有的中国人，但我可以列出一些原因。
1，为了听不同的声音。
我使用过知乎，这是中国的一款类似Quora的网站。我必须承认我很喜欢这个网站，我很好奇Quora上的声音会有什么不同。事实上，在这个平台上，我遇到了一些新奇的问题，一些我从未想过人们会提出的问题。我听到一些关于中国政府、中国军事力量、中国是否应该对韩国采取行动等直截了当的讨论。

2，学习英语。
虽然我不是来这里学英语的，但有些中国人确实想在Quora上学英语。信不信由你，一些微信公众账号甚至推荐Quora网站作为一个学习英语的地方。Quora上的英语通常相对简单易懂。此外，许多Quora用户都是英语母语者。

3，消失的语言障碍
说英语的中国人远比说懂汉语的英语母语者多。即使只有一小部分懂英语的中国人来到Quora，也会有很多中国人。

I don’t think there are so many Chinese on Quora compared to 1.3 billion people in China. And I don’t know why Chinese cannot use Quora. But I KNOW I HAVE CHOOSEN QUORA.
A>The first and foremost reason is that I want to practice my English skills. English is now a world-wide language and if you can’t master it, you parallel fools. Quora is a friendly community for me to practice my poor English. I write answers to make foreign friends aware of a real China, and they correct my grammar mistakes and typos in return. Yeah, it is a win-win situation! It is vey nice, isn’t it? So, why shouldn’t I be here? Go!
B>Some foreign websites are banned by Chinese government, like Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr and so on. Because they defied Chinese laws, or for some other reasons. Quora, however, is not banned in Mainland China. So I can write answers to share my experiences and my feelings with you guys. Honestly, I prefer Quora rather than Zhihu, because there many ads on Zhihu which do annoy me a lot. Besides, there are various people with various beliefs on Quora. It is my pleasure to communicate with people from different countries. It is vey nice, isn’t it? So, why shouldn’t I be here?
C>Like I said above, Quora has a very warm community for me to share my perspectives. But in my opinion, there are always some stupid questions being posted here; for instance, “Does China have cars?” “Does China have computers?” I don’t know what the purposes of these questions are. Do you want to provoke someone on purpose? Or you just don’t know? Whatever. So I am here to break the barriers between the real China and the foreign friends. It is very nice, isn’t it? So, why shouldn’t I be here?
Maybe I just overstate a little bit. Actually, I am not angry or anything else. It is a good question, and I hope my answer can help you. :)
Thank you for reading and if you find any grammatical mistakes or typos, please tell me directly. I would really appreciate it!

相比较中国有13亿人，我不认为Quora上有很多中国人。我不知道为什么说中国人不能用Quora。但我知道我在用QUORA。

1，第一个也是最重要的原因是我想练习我的英语技能。英语现在是一种世界性的语言，如果你不能掌握它，你就是个小傻瓜。Quora是一个友好的社区，可以让我练习我的蹩脚的英语。我写答案是为了让外国友人了解真实的中国，他们会纠正我的语法错误和拼写错误。是的，这是一个双赢的局面!真是太好了，不是吗?那么，我为什么不能在这里呢?

2，一些外国网站被中国政府禁止，比如Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr等等。因为他们无视中国的法律，或者其他一些原因。然而，Quora在中国大陆并没有被禁止。因此我可以写答案来和你们分享我的经历和感受。老实说，我更喜欢Quora而不是知乎，因为在知乎上有很多广告让我很不爽。另外，Quora上有很多不同信仰的人。我很高兴与来自不同国家的人交流。真是太好了，不是吗?那么，我为什么不在这里呢?

3，就像我上面说的，Quora有一个非常温暖的社区，可以让我分享我的观点。但在我看来，总有一些愚蠢的问题被贴在这里;例如，“中国有汽车吗?”“中国有电脑吗?”我不知道这些问题的目的是什么。你想故意激怒别人吗?还是你只是不知道?无论什么原因。所以我来这里是为了打破真正的中国和外国朋友之间的隔阂。很棒，不是吗?那么，我为什么不在这里呢?

也许我的说法有点夸大。事实上，我没有生气或者其他什么。这是个好问题，我希望我的回答能对你有所帮助。
谢谢你的阅读，如果你发现任何语法错误或打字错误，请直接告诉我。我真的非常感激!

As a native Chinese person, I think it’s really an interesting question. I will list some reasons why I came to Quora.
Why can't Chinese people be on Quora?
The internet is worldwide and it's there for all. Chinese people like to keep the pace, many Chinese young people like to use twitter or facebook and so on. Even though they are blocked in mainland China, we still have another way to use them. By the way I want to tell you Quora isn't blocked in China. It is forbidden because they aren't in accordance with Chinese law, they don't want to put their servers in China. Quora isn't against the law.
2. Personal reason: language learning
English is a mainstream language. I'm here for practicing my English. I think it's helpful for me to travel abroad or work. I started to learn English when I was 10 years old and now my spoken English is better than my written English.
3. Personal reason: have a better understanding towards the world
I'm really interested in different cultures, life styles, opinions. I want to communicate with people who come from different backgrounds. I just know it's not that easy for westerners to squat for a while from Quora, to me, squating is quite an easy thing. So Quora can offer me an amazing world.
4. Hope more people know about China
Before I came to Quora, I read lots of news about the questions on Quora from our domestic medias. Many people just ask some weird questions like 'Is there electricity in China?', 'Are there any trains in China?', 'Is there TV in China?'. At the beginning, I was sad that so many people don't know too much about China. I thought people would know some common sense even if they didn't know China. I thought that the teacher, in history class, would tell you that China has 5000 years of history, in the geography class, the teacher will tell you China is the third largest country by land. In Chinese education system, we are taught so much about the world, even a small country like the Vatican. But now when I read those questions, I think they're really funny, and I want to tell you what a real China looks like. If only you know her, you wouldn't be prejudiced against China, and you won't feel afraid of her.

作为一个土生土长的中国人，我认为这是一个非常有趣的问题。我会列出一些我来Quora的原因。

1，中国人为什么不能上Quora呢?
互联网是世界性的，而且它是为所有人服务的。中国人喜欢跟上潮流，很多中国年轻人都喜欢使用twitter或facebook等。即使他们在中国大陆被墙，但我们仍然有使用他们的方式。顺便告诉你，Quora在中国并没有被屏蔽。某些被禁止的，因为他们不符合中国法律，他们不把他们的服务器放在中国。但Quora并不违法。

2，个人原因:语言学习
英语是一种主流语言。我是来练习英语的。如果我要出国旅行或工作的话，这会对我有所帮助。我从10岁开始学英语，现在我的口语比我的书面英语要好得多。

3，个人理由:对世界有更好的理解
我对不同的文化、生活方式和观点很感兴趣。我想和来自不同背景的人交流。我从Quora上知道，西方人不能亚洲蹲，对我来说，蹲下来是一件很容易的事情。所以Quora给了我一个神奇的世界。

4，希望更多的人了解中国
在我来到Quora之前，我从我们国内的媒体上读到了很多关于这个问答网站问题的新闻。很多人会问一些奇怪的问题，比如“中国有电吗?”、“中国有火车吗?”，“中国有电视吗?”一开始，很多人对中国了解的太少，让我很难过。我以为人们即使不了解中国也会知道一些常识。我想，在历史课上，老师应该会告诉你中国有5000年的历史，在地理课上，老师会告诉你中国是陆地上第三大的国家。在中国的教育体系中，我们学到了很多关于世界的知识，即使是像梵蒂冈这样的小国，我们也知道些许。但现在当我读到这些问题时，我觉得它们真的很有趣，我想告诉你们一个真正的中国是什么样的。如果你了解了中国，你就不会对中国有偏见，也不会害怕它。

As part of the world, curious about everything, just like people of other countries.
As average Chinese get better cultivated, more and more Chinese acquire the way to reach out for wider world, so as to reach media, technology, idea etc.
Quora has been one of many resources that provide instant and precise ideas from other countries, culture and religion. Getting information directly from the target country is sureely different from the information filtered by Chinese media.
Before getting to know Quora, there’s a similar web called Zhihu (知乎) in China, that provide the same QA platforms with upvote system, to help answers of better quality getting upvoted. Chinese Internet users has been familiar enough to understand Quora quickly.
Plus, Chinese population is huge, so is Chinese Internet user’s amount. Not to mention overseas Chinese across the world.

作为世界的一部分，我们会对一切都充满好奇，其他国家的人也是一样。
随着普通中国人发展的越来越好，越来越多的中国人开始接触更广阔的世界，从而接触到外国的媒体、技术、创意等。
Quora是来自不同国家、文化和宗教的，即时精确的分享想法的平台。可以直接从目标国家获取信息，这与中国媒体过滤信息完全不同。

了解Quora之前,有一个类似的中国网站叫做知乎，提供相同的问答方式和点赞系统的平台，让高质量的回答获得更多的赞数。中国的互联网用户对Quora非常熟悉，他们能很快就理解它。
另外，中国人数量庞大，中国网民的数量也是如此。更不用说遍布全球的海外华人了。

As much as I love blabbing about China to the point of being called “treacherous” by my own parents, this question (or maybe it is its undertone?) is just offensive.
I certainly hope whoever asked this question asked it with legitimate curiosity and lack of knowledge about China, in which case, I’d ask, why not?
Let me first give you my answer for why I am here.
I am from the anglophone part of a country of which English is an official language. This website is in English. Alors, pourquoi pas?
Zhihu (the Chinese equivalent for Quora) makes me nauseous because any discussion related to issues outside of China is so, so one-sided. Since Zhihu is a Chinese online community, most people there speak with a Chinese bias. While I don’t see bias as a problem per se, I really wish there were more opposite voices.
Quora solves both problems for me, and the second one precisely because there are many Chinese here.
If you asked the question out of malicious, racist bigotry, on the other hand, please message me privately, as my would-be response is far too vulgar and indecent to be included in my answer. Thank you.

尽管我喜欢对中国说三道四，以至于我都被我自己的父母称为是“叛逆的”，但这个问题(或者它潜在的意思)是令人反感的。
我当然希望问这个问题的人是以合理的好奇心和对中国缺乏了解的态度来问这个问题的，我想问，为什么中国人不能来这里呢?

让我先给你我为什么在这里的答案。
我来自英语为母语的国家，英语是官方语言。这个网站是英文的。那么,为什么不能来?
知乎(中国版Quora)让我感到恶心，因为任何有关中国以外问题的讨论都是如此的片面。由于知乎是一个中国的网络社区，那里的大多数人都带有中国式的偏见。虽然我并不认为偏见本身是个问题，但我真的希望有更多相反的声音。

Quora为我解决了这两个问题。而第二个来这里的原因正是因为这里有很多中国人。
如果你问这个问题是出于恶意的种族偏见，那么，请私下告诉我，因为我将回答的异常粗俗和不雅，这不能包含在我的回答中。谢谢你！

The first time to answer the question on Quora and answer such a stupid question.
Ok, let me answer the question.
Why are there so many Chinese on Quora? Because China has a large population. The official figures in 2014 were 1.36782 billion people. In other words, one out of every five people in the world is Chinese. So Chinese are everywhere, including Quora.
Another point i would like to say is that many Chinese participate in food, clothing, housing, transportation and so on. Do not forget “Made in China”, you should really look carefully at everything in the house.
What does this mean? This shows that China is getting stronger and stronger.

第一次在Quora上回答这个问题，而且回答的是如此愚蠢的问题。
好的，让我来回答这个问题。
为什么Quora上有这么多中国人?因为中国人口众多。2014年的官方数据为13.6782亿人。换句话说，世界上每五个人中就有一个是中国人。所以到处都是中国人，包括Quora。

我想说的另一点是，众多中国人参与了食品、服装、住房、交通等等。别忘了“中国制造”，你应该仔细看看房子里的一切。
这是什么意思?这表明中国正在变得越来越强大。

As we all know, China has a large quantity of people. But Chinese who are able and willing to use English are just a small part of people being educated well and having more knowledge than others. So I don’t think there are so many Chinese on Quora.
As for the reasons we use Quora, I suppose there are following points.
Firstly, since Quora doesn’t develop a Chinese version, we have to use English on it so that we can practice it more often. I like to answer on it every day to improve my English abilities
Secondly, there are lots of topics, questions and answers on it and we Chinese can broden our minds by them. We can learn from others about thinking and expressing logically. We know lots of things and thoughts from all over the world as well.
Thirdly, we are curious about the foreigners’ opinions on China. Through seeing and answering the questions about China, we can be open to the world and let foreigners know more about our country. Of course, we can tell others that some of their opinions are one-sided or extreme and provide them with more comprehensive situations in China.

众所周知，中国人口众多。但是有能力并且愿意使用英语的中国人只是一小部分受过良好教育的人，他们比其他人拥有更多的知识。所以我不认为Quora上有那么多的中国人。
至于我们使用Quora的原因，我想有以下几点。

首先，由于Quora没有开发中文版本，我们必须在上面使用英文，这样我们才能练习英语。我喜欢每天回答一些问题，以提高我的英语能力。
第二，这里有很多话题，问题和答案，我们中国人可以向大家展示我们的想法。我们可以向别人学习如何有逻辑地思考和表达。我们也可以了解到来自世界各地的许多事情和想法。
第三，我们很好奇外国人对中国的看法。通过了解和回答有关中国的问题，我们可以向世界展示更多，让外国人更多地了解我们的国家。当然，我们可以告诉别人，他们的一些观点是片面的或极端的，然后向他们提供关于中国更全面的信息。

Very glad to have my first answer on Quora here. Before this, I only have searched for some professional questions and answers about the financial and economics. Actually I am a student of Jiangxi University Of Finance And Economics, maybe no one have heard my University before, but it’s a quite famous university in the field of finance and economics in China. We have a course which asks us to read about some passages and do some researches, then get everything ready, give a presentation in class. Yes, in English of course. So as clever as I am, I turn to Quora for help because many questions that we have met during the preparations can be so easily answered on Quora. I don’t need to translate the Chinese informations into English any more. What I have to do, is just to understand all the meanings and the definitions from the pro on Quora. I want to express my thanks to Quora and all the friends and the professional here. Surely I am very interested in the questions on Quora, but I just don't have enough time to look through them all and find something to keep on following. 

很高兴在Quora上写了我的第一个答案。在此之前，我在这上面搜索了一些关于金融和经济的专业问题及其答案。其实我是江西财经大学的一名学生，也许没人听说过我的大学，但它是中国金融和经济领域的一所非常有名的大学。我们有一门课要求我们阅读一些相关文章，做一些研究，然后把一切准备好，在课堂上做演讲。是的，要求是英语。尽管我很聪明，但我还是求助于Quora，因为我们在准备过程中遇到的很多问题在Quora上都有回答。我不需要再把中文信息翻译成英文了。我要做的，就是理解Quora上的含义和定义。我要感谢Quora和所有的朋友和专业人士。我当然对Quora上的问题很感兴趣，但我只是没有足够的时间把它们都浏览一遍，只是去找些喜好的关注的看。

Why wouldn't there be? The internet is there for all.  For your information, Quora isn't blocked in China.
The main reason might be language. Many Chinese speak English pretty well, and Quora isn't exactly hard to find. When you pose a question on Google, usually the top links will lead you to Quora, it used to be Yahoo Answers in the past.
The second reason, is that a lot of Chinese people here, aren't really from China. Well, their ancestors or parents were once from China. For me, I have never been to China, My grandfather came to Malaysia from the Guangdong province.
It might surprise you, but there are millions of Chinese who aren't actually born or living in China. That means that most of these people will have to rely on a second language, usually English. 
Strangely enough, the demographics of Quora is largely Indians, not Chinese. Of course, most users are from the U.S., but Chinese just makes up to about less than 10% of Quora traffic.

为什么不能来?互联网无处不在。你在哪里并不重要。关于你的说法，Quora在中国并没有被屏蔽。
主要原因可能是语言。许多中国人英语说得很好，而Quora并不难找到。当你在谷歌上提出一个问题时，通常上面的链接会引导你到Quora，过去雅虎的答案也是这样的。

第二个原因是，这里的很多中国人，其实并不是来自中国。他们的祖先或父母曾经来自中国。对我来说，我从来没有去过中国，我的祖父从广东省来到马来西亚的。
这可能会让你感到惊讶，但实际上有数以百万的中国人并没有在中国出生或生活。这意味着大多数人将不得不使用“第二语言”，通常是英语。
奇怪的是，Quora的人口主要是印度人，而不是中国人。当然，大多数用户都是美国人，而中国人只占Quora的不到10％。