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Coff
05-13-2009, 03:34 PM
-Apparently YouTube is banned again. I tried to connect to youtube today and it doesnt work (it was working last summer!)

-Google Video is accessible but all the links to video searches are broken...wtg China!

-Also, various porn sites cannot be found or unable to reach their servers.

-China wow has level 80 talents and WotLK loading screens but is still in tBC and with lvl cap of 70. Sun Well is like a farmland because ppl are raping contents with lvl 80 talents. One reason why WotLK is yet to be released in China might be due to the fact that they have to re-model all the skeletons and ghouls to put flash and skin on them!

-Lots and lots of people are living off wow gold-selling or power-leveling business.

-No one watches TV here because all the semi-decent shows are banned for reasons of violent content or sexually suggestive scenes, except those who dont know how to use the internet.

-The ones who do watch TV, however, watches satellite TV in which they can watch the shows from HongKong or Taiwan.

-People openly call black people "niggers", but in Chinese terms.

-Everybody thinks black people are dirty, and apparently all the black people here in the city I live are indeed dirty.

-I just saw 3 old guys (around 30-40ish) were sitting in the same table with 2 high school girls in uniform in the pub today. After the meal, they left together. Apparently, my in-law said she heard one of those guys asked the girls "are you virgins?"

-Sometimes, and I mean, everyday around 5-7 o'clock, walking is probably faster than driving, taking a bus, or taking a taxi.

-Computer mice are expensive here. The mouse I use costs 149.99 CND in Canada, but it costs 1399 yuan in China, which is over 200 CND.

-There is a high chance that you can get counterfeit money from ABM, and the bank is not responsible for it. But if you tried to deposit counterfeit money in the ABM, you will receive a criminal charge.

-If the ABM made a mistake and gave you less money, bank isn't responsible and it's your fault. If the ABM made a mistake and gave you MORE money, you are responsible to give the correct amount back to the bank or else it would also be a criminal charge and you can receive a sentence up to 50 years.

-You can't complain how bad the waiter/waitress is treating you, because it will just get worse.

-There isn't any specified smoking zone here, only specified non-smoking zones, and they are rare.

-When I don't use profanity, people will start asking me: "you are not from here, are you?"

-If you are Asian here, and you speak English, you are (1) very very cool if you also speak Chinese, or (2) you are hated, because chances are, you could be Japanese, or Korean!

-We don't have swine flu here, no we don't. It's all made up by the Americans!


To be continued...

Phegan
05-13-2009, 03:46 PM
Remind me never to live in China.

RaptorIIC
05-13-2009, 04:17 PM
Diu.

daayou
05-13-2009, 04:20 PM
COFF - Where in China are you?

Phegus. If I could find a way to make a living in Shanghai, I would move there immediately.

RaptorIIC
05-13-2009, 04:26 PM
Last night he said he was 3h out from Hong Kong. In which district, I forget.

I don't even know if my statement helps.

Phegan
05-13-2009, 04:57 PM
I am sure the rich are very well off in china, but I am sure middle class and below aren't in very good shape at all.

RaptorIIC
05-13-2009, 05:28 PM
-If you are Asian here, and you speak English, you are (1) very very cool if you also speak Chinese, or (2) you are hated, because chances are, you could be Japanese, or Korean!

Actually I just re-read your post and saw this.

What happens if you are neither? A minority within a minority!?

daayou
05-13-2009, 06:12 PM
I am sure the rich are very well off in china, but I am sure middle class and below aren't in very good shape at all.


That class system isn't really what is there. There is rich, mega-rich with connections and then the rest.

Chinese are very racist. Well, at least the Chinese that I have met. You want see hatred? Look at the Chinese and Japanese. WOW. There is a LOT of hatred there.

When I had dealings there, I had to deal with Koreans working with Chinese. That was bad, but not that bad.

One of the products we used were buttons and zippers from a company called YKK. YKK makes the BEST zippers in the world. They are Japanese. One of the factories I dealt with would NOT order from YKK. They would go off about Japanese and just rip them. So I had to have them ordered by our Koreans so the Chinese would buy them from the Koreans.

China is an interesting place. You are gonna see some fucked up shit happening there because the influx of american shit. Prior to America heading there, you rarely, if ever, saw a fat asian. Well . . . McDonalds, KFC, Coke, et al are there now! So you are starting to see fat chinese kids. They export goods, we export fat. What a trade :)

Lilim
05-13-2009, 06:47 PM
Question to Coff, how's the brown population over there and how much hate do they get?

Coff
05-13-2009, 09:28 PM
Daayou - I live in Guangzhou, one of the large cities in the south

Kagma - You are correct sir, it's 3 hours drive from HongKong. Also, Chinese don't hate other Asians rather than Jap and Korean, but Chinese do look down on ppl from Vietnam and Philippine regions, thinking that they are all poor and stupid.

Daayou again - I dont know about that whole Chinese would rather buy from Korean than Japanese these years. Your info might be out-dated. Because currently the most hated culture in China is Korea. Chinese also hate Americans, Germans, Italians, British, Russians...technically all the countries involving the invasions during ww2. And they think people from all other countries are either weird or stupid or poor or black. Apparently, Canadians fall into the usual stereotype...THEY DON'T EXIST!

Lilim - Browns are very very rare in China...Chinese don't like browns, but dont really hate browns. More like, they think browns are generally dirty, smell curry, and are carrying bombs with them all the time.

Phegan
05-13-2009, 09:40 PM
Everyone hates the Japanese in Western Asia

Mod
05-14-2009, 08:56 AM
I would watch a documentary about Asmo in China. That would make great TV.

lornfang
05-14-2009, 09:00 AM
Everyone hates the Japanese in Western Asia

and the Japanese hate everyone else.

RaptorIIC
05-14-2009, 10:04 AM
Welcome to Asia, where everyone hates one another.

Speaking of hate, if you see a cheap 360 Hori EX anywhere in China/HK, can you pick one up for me Coff? I will pay you back in full.

Actually probably just in HK. Less chances of a knockoff.

Motokorth
05-14-2009, 10:57 AM
Welcome to Asia, where everyone hates one another.

Speaking of hate, if you see a cheap 360 Hori EX anywhere in China/HK, can you pick one up for me Coff? I will pay you back in full.

Actually probably just in HK. Less chances of a knockoff.

And if Coff finds it and you can wait I can transport it back to Calgary when I am down there during the second week of June.

Coff
05-14-2009, 11:29 AM
Chances are, it will be cheaper in North America... I will pay some attention to it tho. How much is it normally if u order it?

RaptorIIC
05-14-2009, 11:35 AM
It was about $150 USD (+shipping) about 3-4 months ago.

Due to the sudden influx of fighters (SF4, BB, KoFXI) to console, they're sold out at normal stores, and like $500 on eBay.

I figure with China/HK so close to Japan, they'd have a better supply than regular NA stores like amazon.

daayou
05-14-2009, 02:23 PM
I would watch a documentary about Asmo in China. That would make great TV.

I would do a PPV for that!

COFF - my info is from 2002. So take it for what it is/was :)

But what I always find interesting is that there is rarely any talk ever in the US about what Japan did in China during WW2. I guess Hitler's destruction was greater than the Japanese's.

Phegan
05-14-2009, 02:28 PM
I have a lot of Chinese friends, I've been told how pretty nuts it was.

Kiratal
05-14-2009, 08:29 PM
They export goods, we export fat. What a trade :)

Not to mention we tend to fuck their women more often then they fuck ours.

Gotcha bitches!

RaptorIIC
05-14-2009, 09:47 PM
I don't know whether to interpret that as a bad thing or good thing.

Magina
05-15-2009, 03:37 AM
Not to mention we tend to fuck their women more often then they fuck ours.

Gotcha bitches!

Guess its my job to even out that ratio then