Yeah, in the US the phrase 'the Old Country' has been common for a long time - meaning the country where one previously lived and from which one came to the US, as an immigrant. China is much less a country of immigrants, of course, and visa regulations make problems for those coming here - but one might adapt the same mentality.
Or not - your choice, but 'home' is a word with a floating definition.

Rice, tea, 'western'-style clothes (no temperature extremes), few serious religious beliefs but numerous minor ones ('superstitions'), Islam Buddhism Christianity Taoism all practiced by some to varying degrees, average level of education probably 1bout 10 years, living arrangements in towns & cities mostly in privately rented or owned apartments...not quite sure what you might want to know.

@Blobbles: I pretty much agree with all that you wrote. The last paragraph is particularly important, I think - many people seem to see doing their jobs as simply hey-I've-gotta-make-a-living, and really don't take much personal responsibility for the results of their actions (at work or elsewhere). This is not hard to understand: first of all, indeed they DO have to make a living; secondly, and more importantly, the nature of employment in the kind of world society we have is pretty much a matter of following orders given by those who have power over others, not because they've been given that power in any consensual or democratic manner, but simply because the system determines that if you can get power over others then you have the right to exercise it (yes, regulated by law, of course - hence there is legal & illegal business, etc. - but still, the principal is pretty much grab what you can). That is, when ethics and/or a sense of personal responsibility for the effect of one's actions on others is pitted against the need to 'make a living', with the principal that everybody is either a winner or a loser (actually, of course, this means everybody is both), it is obvious that the need of the individual to survive will take precedent.

So its' "I'm alright, Jack" & you go worry about yourself - never mind that both of us are, collectively, ruining the planet (global warming, etc.) & then naturally people have to justify themselves to themselves and to others - if they can. It all discourages even-handed consideration, inquiry and ho9nesty either with self or with others.
Now go about your business & don't bother me, there's nothing I can do, my contribution is only a drop in the bucket, I'm only following orders, it's human nature, you can't fight city hall, who do you think you are talking about all these big issues, blame the generals I just follow orders & pull the trigger, it's all in God's hands, you can't change the world, and I don't have to believe anything that I don't want to, even if it's true.

@Gompo: I think it's probably because nobody really wants to think this one out and defend their points of view. Too bad.

A furtehr question: why do some people apparently WANT to believe that there is no global warning, and others seem to WANT to believe that there is? Why do some people WANT to believe that it has little or nothing to do with human activity, and others the contrary? It seems to me that this is the situation.

Or is everybody simply level-headedly, with no agenda, trying to find the truth?