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Jul 14,2014
Was it during the night ? It can be sky lanterns, which are popular in Asia (yes, it's a fire hazard)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_lanternOur sense of perspective (our capacity to deduce 3d geometry from two 2d images, one per eye) cease to work beyond 100 meters. It's...
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Jul 10,2014
Haha what you're describing is exactly the process I've gone through when learning Chinese...first going from blissful ignorance, to defensiveness, to laughing it off.
I think on the whole it has made me more tolerant ,and allowed me to engage and have better friendships with Chinese people. It's much easier to be understanding of attitudes that drive me mad when...
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Jul 06,2014
Because Baidu and Youku are not serious competitors to Google and Youtube, the only reason why they are popular in China is because most Chinese don't want to bother or don't have the sufficient knowledge to setup a VPN (that's not already blocked by the CCP censors).
Baidu can't be seriously compared with Google, it's not a real search engine, it's more like a huge...
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Jul 03,2014
I think you're looking at this incorrectly. You're asking 1 question (multi-culturalism) while also adding another (being stared at), along with being accepted. Those are three different concepts!
To answer #1 - a multi-cultural China... not in our lifetimes, nor in those of our kids, or grandkids (unless we've sorted out complete body regeneration, and we get to live for...
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Jul 01,2014
My parents came to visit me during the national holiday week last October.
A local friend acted as guide and interpreter and between us we organised visits to tourist sites and more out-of-the way places.
My parents had a fantastic experience what with the local food, local knowledge and insight, less touristy places etc.
There was a degree of staring at the '...
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Jun 30,2014
TBH
I would say the vast majority of men don't give a damn as to the reasons why a woman is a prostitute: it is probably the last thing on his mind when he is using her 'services'. He is hardly going to conduct an interview. Unlike the 'Fair Trade' products, a man is hardly going to be able to distinguish between coerced and voluntary prostitutes. not all coerced prostitute work in...
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Jun 27,2014
Things have definitely changed, THERE IS SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
I teach a lot of teenagers that go to a variety of different schools in Beijing and they have all described in great detail the sex education classes they have to attend.
They watch videos, learn all about different STDs and the classes are co ed not separated, the kids are starting to...
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Jun 25,2014
I'm not a huge Japanophile myself either, but I know smart people back home who did in fact learn Japanese to better appreciate japanese cinema and literature.
I respect that Japan produces original art which intelligent people can really get into. Whereas you definitely can't say that about China.
I'm not trying to be biased or judgmental against...
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Jun 24,2014
There's no easy way. Non natives have it tough here. However, you'll stand a better chance if you go for subject teaching positions. Leave English to the natives. They are in a better position to teach English anyway. But if you insist on teaching English, then go to smaller cities. In bigger cities you'll have very little opportunities. Call it whatever you want but that's how it is here.
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Jun 22,2014
Ummm, we had a great debate here on this forum about that Canadian McDonalds story and the Chinese customer who requested a Chinese speaker. The conversation was overwhelmingly against the woman! This was a while ago, but If I recall correctly, some even called her a bitch for complaining. I was one of the few who saw her request as reasonable and defended the idea of a...
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Jun 20,2014
From Shanghai South station, follow the signs to the metro (subway). You can take line 1 to People's Square, then transfer to line 2 which will take you to Shanghai Hongqiao Rail station. (I've done this) Alternatively, you can take line 3 to Zhongshan Park, then transfer to line 2 to get to Shanghai Hongqiao (this route looks shorter on the map, but I have no idea about the...
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Jun 19,2014
It will ruin the Chinese middle class because their assets are mostly in real estate and not in banks or in various other investments. It will explode when the local governments won't want to or won't be able to back up the unprofitable projects anymore with public funds.
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Jun 17,2014
By that, I assume you are talking about long term expatriates, not just short term tourists/exchange students or whatever.
I don't think anything should be different for anyone, I'm all for justice and equity between all citizens of a country and even foreigners whoever they are. But if double standards were to be imposed on Chinese, I suppose it would happen like Scandinavian said....
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Jun 16,2014
Obviously it depends on your taste and personal preferences. That being said I will list a few places that most expats frequent. In the SIP (Suzhou Industrial Park) Li Gong Di is a popular destination for dining and night life. Dining options include Indian, Mexican, Italian, French, German, Japanese, and of coarse Chinese to name a few. Li Gong Di is located at Jinji Lake which...
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495 . U.K. PassportJun 13,2014
ScotsAlan is correct. The UK no longer issues passports outside the UK. I think you can apply for them at consulates but the paperwork gets sent to Liverpool. There has been a big fuss in the last week as the Guardian got hold of documents showing there was currently a huge backlog of passport applications from expats.
From in what i've read expect at least a 6-8...
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Jun 11,2014
if effort were made to set up a universal pension fund for everyone, then people wouldn't feel this hysterical drive to give birth to a son. right now, laws mandate that children must take care of their parents (your husband's parents, if you are married), and there is no funding or assistance given to make the law feasible. it leads to objectification of women (baby-makers), of men (income...
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Jun 10,2014
We didn't do much of anything. My wife had the baby, the hospital gave us a birth certificate. We never got a houkou, but nobody seemed to care about that. 1 year later, we got her American passport at the embassy. Now, whenever an official questions us about our baby, we just use her awesome cuteness powers to distract him. problem gone. It's better than guangxi.
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Jun 10,2014
I can't wait for Wan Da to film "Captain China" in the next couple of years! Straight from Qingdao....
*booming narrator voice*
In an age where American and Japanese imperialism was threatening the harmony and peacefulness of China... a hero of MY COUNTRY with a Chinese Dream arrives. *play theme music*
The official trailer could show a young patriotic student failing the... -
Jun 06,2014
Has nothing to do with being cold and selfish.
Has everything to do with the high probability of being put to death for a crime you didn't commit. That's why you don't help people because if you do, then there will be somebody who will tell the police they saw you right next to the victim at the time of the crime and they didn't see anybody else so they'll just assume it was you. Next...
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Jun 06,2014
Why is everyone either defending the foreigner? We have no idea what the "foreigner " even is. White? Black? Hell it could be another xinjiang attack. Lots of chinese think the minorities here are foreigners. I have been verbally abused by many a people in cars. But never a passenger in the taxi. Generally when the taxi driver is being a dick. The passenger keeps his head in his iphone...
