His forthright manner can be mistaken for rudeness.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
安德鲁斯观察到了当地火狐、飞鼠、雪豹、香猫、熊、狐狸等野生动物的痕迹和一些动物化石
安德魯斯觀察到了當地火狐、飛鼠、雪豹、香貓、熊、狐狸等野生動物的痕跡和一些動物化石
ān dé lǔ sī guān chá dào le dāng dì huǒ hú ， fēi shǔ ， xuě bào ， xiāng māo ， xióng ， hú li děng yě shēng dòng wù de hén jì hé yī xiē dòng wù huà shí
[Roy Chapman] Andrews observed local wild animals, including the red panda, the flying squirrel, the snow leopard, the civet, the bear, and the fox, and some animal fossils
The Burmese military staged a coup in 1988, which overthrew the socialist government at that time and seized political power. It then suppressed democratization movements intiated by the NLD [and other political parties]. Many political prisoners were imprisoned.
Mandarin
他们的思想超过客观过程的一定发展阶段，有些把幻想看作真理，有些则把仅在将来有现实可能性的理想，勉强地放在现时来做，离开了当前大多数人的实践，离开了当前的现实性，在行动上表现为冒险主义。
他們的思想超過客觀過程的一定發展階段，有些把幻想看作真理，有些則把僅在將來有現實可能性的理想，勉強地放在現時來做，離開了當前大多數人的實踐，離開了當前的現實性，在行動上表現為冒險主義。
tā men de sī xiǎng chāo guò kè guān guò chéng de yī dìng fā zhǎn jiē duàn ， yǒu xiē bǎ huàn xiǎng kàn zuò zhēn lǐ ， yǒu xiē zé bǎ jǐn zài jiāng lái yǒu xiàn shí kě néng xìng de lǐ xiǎng ， miǎn qiǎng de fàng zài xiàn shí lái zuò ， lí kāi le dāng qián dà duō shù rén de shí jiàn ， lí kāi le dāng qián de xiàn shí xìng ， zài xíng dòng shàng biǎo xiàn wéi mào xiǎn zhǔ yì ．
The thinking of “Leftists” outstrips a given stage of development of the objective process; some regard their fantasies as truth, while others strain to realize in the present an ideal which can only be realized in the future. They alienate themselves from the current practice of the majority of the people and from the realities of the day, and show themselves adventurist in their actions.
Mandarin
我们也反对“左”翼空谈主义。他们的思想超过客观过程的一定发展阶段，有些把幻想看作真理，有些则把仅在将来有现实可能性的理想，勉强地放在现时来做，离开了当前大多数人的实践，离开了当前的现实性，在行动上表现为冒险主义。
我們也反對“左”翼空談主義。他們的思想超過客觀過程的一定發展階段，有些把幻想看作真理，有些則把僅在將來有現實可能性的理想，勉強地放在現時來做，離開了當前大多數人的實踐，離開了當前的現實性，在行動上表現為冒險主義。
wǒ men yě fǎn duì “ zuǒ ” yì kōng tán zhǔ yì ． tā men de sī xiǎng chāo guò kè guān guò chéng de yī dìng fā zhǎn jiē duàn ， yǒu xiē bǎ huàn xiǎng kàn zuò zhēn lǐ ， yǒu xiē zé bǎ jǐn zài jiāng lái yǒu xiàn shí kě néng xìng de lǐ xiǎng ， miǎn qiǎng de fàng zài xiàn shí lái zuò ， lí kāi le dāng qián dà duō shù rén de shí jiàn ， lí kāi le dāng qián de xiàn shí xìng ， zài xíng dòng shàng biǎo xiàn wéi mào xiǎn zhǔ yì ．
We are also opposed to “Left” phrase-mongering. The thinking of “Leftists” outstrips a given stage of development of the objective process; some regard their fantasies as truth, while others strain to realize in the present an ideal which can only be realized in the future. They alienate themselves from the current practice of the majority of the people and from the realities of the day, and show themselves adventurist in their actions.