belle_watson:

ah yes dear friend but the Canadians have a state-of-the-art workaround that never fails...and that's all I can say here.

ambivalentmace:

the five dollar a month vpns have problems also, witopia cost 70 dollars a year and was less reliable than the free ones. if you going to pay for bad service, might as well go for free, if i want bad service and quality, i might as well live in china, oh crap, i forgot, i do live in china. lol

Rin:

Mines been great the three years i've been here, but a little more expensive at 99 dollars a year.

Englteachted:

I love how China keeps trying to recruit foreign talent but then keeps saying go back to your own country. All while relocating their citizens to the very countries they hate. Add to it, demanding that these countries give them full rights.

ambivalentmace:

this is a very old post, and not a problem at all anymore, i took the extra time and became a Linux expert and have 3 personal computers in 3 separate countries used as servers that route all my internet traffic and i finished the masters degree.

all is good, and still running 10 TB of torrents everyday. be Chinese, screw copyright laws.

papi-chulo:

i love how westerners preach freedom of speech, and then they hire shils to downvote comments that dont conform to the status quo. also, ambivalentmace said clearly that he does not have anything to do in china.i dont think that qualifies as "foreign talent". i dont know Englteachted, do they pay shils to read comments first before responding? being an english teacher doesnt qualify as talent, ok. theyre a dime a dozen. let me give you a clue, if you sit around on facebook, and google all day, or for long periods of time, you arent "foreign talent." you see, when i think of foreign talent, im thinking of someone who is a top level scientist who can help china make break throughs. how many foreigners in china even remotely fit that profile? now ive met talented people who actually make contributions to society, and they definitely arent the type to sit around looking at facebook, and youtube.

Shining_brow:

... or get a master's degree in CompSci???

So, trying to educate the useless tossers that inhabit those rooms in all those buildings during teenage years (aka 'schools') is a complete waste of time, and does absolutely nothing to help society, hey??? Granted, with the system in place here, I must agree.... there's little point in trying to teach most 'students' here, as the admin staff and hierarchy only want to paint a picture of 'we're the best, because everyone passes"... while changing the playing field so that none of the little snowflakes every feels pressured into actually applying themselves and exerting any effort to actually deserve a passing grade!

(Ok, I'm ranting, and I do apologise to all those students I've had who actually weren't too bad.... all 2% of those who were in my classrooms over the years!)

ambivalentmace:

hang out on facebook and google, you don't know me at all, i am an old man who uses yahoo and no facebook account, zero, nada, the first year or two here i worked illegally and taught about 50 classes a week, but most of the students don't pay attention, so it's not worth the money or effort, so after my 15 hours a week of teaching, i had to find something to do, i dont use smart phones and i dont play computer games or sit on the internet all day, i actually want to accomplish something meaningful before i sleep every night..

i am a CPA, now have 2 master's degrees, can rebuild an engine and build a house, done the blue collar and white collar jobs and still have time to go to Syria and Yemen for some old fashion bloody gun battles.

Despite being a conservative that is attacked constantly and called names, homophobe, racists, sexist, take your pick, dont really care, I have always donated to charities and worked for charities to help relieve my guilt of sending so many people to meet their ancestors, so i really wanted to volunteer and teach english free at an orphanage or do some altruistic work in china but alas it was not available, so i had to selfishly go back for a masters degree and look out for myself, actually i have been quite challenged lately and dont post as much because i'm taking all the actuary exams right now, just for the hell of it,

I did have a good perception of China before i came here but it got shot all to hell the first year, no big deal, some places I lived in Africa did not have any coffee to be found, but the bathrooms were actually cleaner than here in China, It's all good, water over the bridge.

ambivalentmace:

For your scientists comment, why would someone come here and have their knowledge and ideas stolen and not be paid for them, must be a liberal fool who thinks money grows on trees or the government can just print it whenever they need it.

Tell me a Chinese person that has got rich on a scientific invention in the last decade, i know a few who copy other western websites and get rich with a government sponsored monopoly to stop competitors from other countries. How many Chinese scientists have won a nobel prize in science? the malaria lady from China is not rich that won the award 2 years ago, although the 3 million prize might be more than she would ever make in China.

edgy:

ambivalentmace

dont know you, but know your type. first of all, just from reading your comments here, you strike me as greedy. immediately youre talking about money for working as a scientist. second, you strike me as a terorist. what business do u have fighting in yemen, and syria. its a dam shame that anyone like you was even given a visa in the first place.  now why does it surprise me at all that someone with low integrity likke yourself is working ilegaly. this is precisely whats wrong with china today. they are letting animals like you in

ambivalentmace:

I am not illegal, I said I worked illegal hours over my regular schedule for extra money because i was bored and a workaholic and I had to find something else to do, I only teach 15 hours a week and I worked 60 hours before i came here in a week, and if you read my other posts, the EU kicked me out of the French Foreign Legion in 92 and I had to be a civilian. I had the skills so I occasionally hire myself out, if the pay is good. 3500 dollars a week to guard the parliament building in Iraq was not good enough but I did it a favor for a friend. The Saudis pay 1700$ a day if your interested and have references. Training the IDF usually gets me in the door. Cheers matey. ALSO, scientists study and do a lot of work, they are not a charity case, they deserve compensation. If you check some of my other posts you will find a scientists that left China because he made a cell phone battery that would last 30 days without a charge and he knew he would not get anything but a government job and a few plaques, so he went to the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and got a patent and some cell phone company that does not want people to have the invention paid him 20 million dollars, instead of a professor in Beijing for a few kwai a month.

ambivalentmace:

I will definitely check that out, thanks a million. I have 6 weeks this summer available, well one week for the wife's vacation, I think we are doing saipan this year. If i manage to go, i will bring my own coffee. bad experiences with that problem, no Scotch is bearable, but no coffee, not so much.

earthizen:

Just doing my share,  ambi. When you see  the young ones cry, because of what you have done for them, and some say to you, one day they want to be like you, ie do voluntee work, from what little I know of you, I am willing to bet that would be one of your biggest rewards in life. You would feel it. This is the mark of a master teacher who is both teaching and inspiring others.

One door leads to another, it is very likely that you will be led to other worthy projects, which I define as ones that really need your help, AND the ones who are benefitted by it not only appreciate it from the bottom of their heart, but also are so touched by you that they want to carry your torch when given the opportunity. This, is a wise use of leverage imho. The projects are about 3 weeks, after normal school finishes in early July. The majority of the local teachers travel to your school, from the entire region, at their own time and expenses. i.e. motivated. (added: Yes, do bring your own coffee. LOL Tip: ask for somewhere north if you prefer cooler weather. )) 

Their PRC HQ is in Nanjing. 

ambivalentmace:

it works on a linux system, but the Chinese can't figure out Linux or use it very well, maybe soon though, they are trying, but very few people outside a tier 1 city actually usually linux so it's not available in most of China. I have gotten Tor to work in Shenzhen and a few other places that I want mention, about 7 cities.