Advice on what Chinese are like

Don't believe any of it.

In the same way that you shouldn't believe anything about what British people are like, except 20 times as much since thats how many more people are in China.

OK, so maybe more people in China hawk and spit, and some people here may never trust a foreigner and so on, but so far the Chinese people I have met have defied many of the bits of advice I have had about what Chinese people are like. And they have also met other pieces of advice about what Chinese people are like.

Maybe its worth knowing the advice so that when it happens you understand what is going on. But don't expect it to all be true, even half the time!