(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Tell friends that you are visiting Switzerland and, inevitably, some of the reaction will come loaded with clichés, perhaps about the country's wealth ('everyone there is stinking rich'), its quality of life ('it's one of the safest places in the world') or its people ('they're so unfriendly, and boring, to boot').
June 5, 2020 - 14:47
Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi A stickler for detail, Geraldine first arrived at swissinfo.ch in 2014 to study rumours on social media as part of a collaborative research project known as Pheme. She now coordinates the Fact Checks by swissinfo.ch dossier covering (mis)statements about Switzerland, and continues to follow the trail of online misinformation.
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Even among those who have set up home in the Alpine nation, there can be 'strong opinions about the country, some of which, unfortunately, can be summed up by – 'Switzerland is great; pity about the Swiss',' as our former colleague Clare O'Dea, who wrote a book about the Swiss way of life, puts it.
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