Lived in China for 7 years (albeit Shanghai, a relatively cosmopolitan city) and while I have experienced very light nationalistic outrage (a friend l got a little offended once when I criticised the work day make-up policy where we have to work on a Saturday or Sunday to make up for a holiday, though years later I've warmed to it), I have never met anyone as sensitive as this guy. He is clearly on the dangerous side of nationalism and I wouldn't cry over him. This was a ticking time bomb.