Answers of the Day
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Jul 20,2013
Why don't you just go out with Crimo? He's willing to go out with almost anybody. I also thought I heard him one time say he was interested in you. WHy don't you just hook up with that Expat?
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Jul 19,2013
Some foreign nationals do have successful businesses in China but you have to be very, very diligent at the planning stage. You must fully understand the risks that you face and have strong contingency in place when faced with these. Business planning in any country is vitally important. In China, it reaches new dimensions in terms of importance. That is the best advice I can give. Plan, plan...
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Jul 18,2013
From reading your question, it seems to me that if you are having "damn fun" as you put it, then these girls are probably not the most innocent of girls you will find in China, it takes two to tango after all, or 4 in this case. My point being, that it is probably not just you who is seeing 3 girls at once, there is a fairly good chance that these girls aren't just seeing you. I say this from...
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Jul 17,2013
China is probably the only country that thinks good behaviour comes from slogans (e.g. that making children memorise Marxist quotations will somehow reflect in their behaviour).
Instead of giving people human dignity, a sense of self-worth, and the ability to improve their conditions, the Communist Party would prefer to throw a few slogans out there and imagine that's as...
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Jul 16,2013
I have seen this many times here, from the robots lined up outside the premises being given their daily programming to the robots who only react within the strict confines of that programming. Ask them anything outside of "go to table, take order, relay order to kitchen, repeat until business closes" results in total confusion as their programming tells them "does not compute". I am amazed...
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Jul 15,2013
I'm not stand-offish or combative in my everyday interactions.
Just in discussions, I won't tone down my opinion on things I care about (ideological control is one of them). I find having my opinions restricted quite an indignity. Wrong country for that, I know! In the West, if I'm in a room full of Christian homophobes, it won't change my stance on gay marriage, or stop...
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Jul 14,2013
First, ask them not to smoke. Qing Wu Xi Yan (iirc).
Second, if they continue ask the manager waiter to ask them to stop.
Third, if they still continue, take a video.
Next you have to decide if you want to follow through with it, but then tell the waiter you have the video and are going to call the police.
It is probably easier to leave...
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Jul 13,2013
for me, i have changed in the following ways:
China has made me more patient
i have developed my sense of humour with all the absurd things that happen on a daily basis.
It has also made me more focused in my use of language: i am now more exact when i speak.
i have become more polite, so my manners contrast with the daily manners of the locals (see above for...
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Jul 12,2013
well put.
but once the students arrive in the foreign universities it is a different story.
Guanxi gets a student so far, but there are students who try to bribe and threaten their way to exam success - resulting in at least one arrest: "This is how business is done in China"on the other hand, one European university was almost closed because a suspicious number of...
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Jul 11,2013
THANK YOU!!! I thought I was the only one! always nestle "coffee mate" or that other brand G-7.
The few times I do find the black coffee, I buy LOTS, as I never know when will be the next time I will find it!
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Jul 10,2013
I introduced my girlfriend to some of my favourite acts, such as Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, The Velvet Underground etc, and she's now a fan of them all. Hoping to take her to a Leonard Cohen concert one day (before he gets too old) as I gave her a recording of Cohen concert I attended back in 2008 and she loved his music and charm onstage.
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Jul 09,2013
In my quiet, leafy neighborhood, minutes from the CBD action in QD, it's the recycle guy. No water trucks where I live - just heavily-dressed (quilted pjs and head kerchief), weathered oldies, pushing straw brooms in the street. My neighbors.
The recycle guy gets all my throwaways, from empty Tsingtao beer bottles to clothes I haven't worn in years. A dying trade along...
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Jul 08,2013
Be careful when buying kites. There's always strings attached!
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Jul 07,2013
Victoria, after reading your tale of woe in hugh's thread, I must repeat HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU THAT WAY? Now, it's quite normal if you just start chatting to somebody, to head out for a drink. I've made some good friends hanging out while backpacking - but an invitation for a drink doesn't mean he wants your babies. If you kepp going up to him, you'll start to look desperate.
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Jul 06,2013
"Dating" more than one is fine. Having more than one "girlfriend" is hazardous!
So, while they think that you're still only dating, it should be fine. If they think there's a commitment, you'd better be rich and keeping them well off and happy!
Remember why they're going out with you! And trust me, it won't be because you're just a great guy they...
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716 . Good things about China?Jul 05,2013
Nice post, techezee. I've been sick of the constant streams of negativity here, including people who seem to have an odd agenda, even though I've been guilty of it myself. I always judge a place by the food and people. The food is the most important part, though.
I love the 羊肉串, or lamb skewers, in Xiangyang (Hubei) and Changsha; the 灌汤包, or Soup Dumplings, in Xiangyang (...
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717 . Good things about China?Jul 04,2013
I love living in China, and the reason is the leisurely lifestyle. I teach English and Western History at a university; my job is great, and I have so much free time for pursing my own interests.
Considering how hard most people in the world work, and how little personal fulfillment that gives them, I am in an enviable position.
While living...
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Jul 03,2013
I guess you have not considered the problems of this proposal. The problems are to manufacture this machinery, Mr Zoom is going to need some staff. Those staff are going to expect a labor contract and various mandatory government insurances paying. That means Mr Zoom is going to need to register is manufacturing facility with the local Labor Supervision Bureau. They will check that the...
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Jul 02,2013
I don't explain myself to my mother... I don't see why I should have to explain myself to hers.
Long story...but I can not live with a Chinese matriacy. I am my own man and will not play their games.
Afterall...when you meet someone you meet that person,you never ask 'Oh,let's meet your mother !'
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Jun 30,2013
@Harpo
“While no one should feel forced to do anything…”
That is entirely the problem. They do feel forced.
“the evil scenario described above has only served to propel the growth of humanity for thousands of years”
And now that the world (especially China) is ...
