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Baddog posted:When the wife gets back, she goes to interrogate the grandma and find out what's wrong with this kid. Apparently he has 'bubbles'. Yah, no poo poo. I would have punched that woman in the temple.
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blinkyzero posted:These are Judge Dee films, right? I've never seen any of the movies, but I've read many of the different takes on him by Eastern and Western authors and really liked most of them. Yeah; although I never knew Judge Dee was a thing outside of China. I've read a few Judge Bao stories, and they were pretty cool, but the 2011 movie was my first exposure to Di Renjie.
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Rabelais D posted:Yeah; although I never knew Judge Dee was a thing outside of China. I've read a few Judge Bao stories, and they were pretty cool, but the 2011 movie was my first exposure to Di Renjie. I don't think he is a thing outside China, honestly. I just had a Chinese history professor in college who loved Judge Dee the way some people these days love Sherlock Holmes because of the BBC and the Hollywood movies. Thanks for the good word about the movies. I'll definitely check those out!
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GuestBob posted:I always forget whether it's a good strategy to buy the utilities or not. The more utilities you own the more rent you get when the Top Hat lands on them. Pretty sure that's right.
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TheBuilder posted:Just a little unsolicited advice for you guys that marry into the culture - if you have kids, never ever relinquish your child care duties to an in law or relative no matter how many times they offer. In my experience, my in laws (parents and sisters in law) felt I couldn't have any child care skills so they attempted to veil this distrust under the guise of trying to let me work on hobbies or sleep more during the first 3 months of the baby's life. I have several coworkers that immediately sent their children away to be raised by the grandparents back in their hometown, with both actual parents only having spent a relatively short time with their infant before going back to work. I think that's crazy. One of my coworkers recently told me she went back to her hometown to see her 11 month old son that's being raised by its grandparents and her son didn't even recognize her for about 2 days. I hear stories like this fairly regularly and it seems ridiculously awful.
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MeramJert posted:I have several coworkers that immediately sent their children away to be raised by the grandparents back in their hometown, with both actual parents only having spent a relatively short time with their infant before going back to work. I think that's crazy. One of my coworkers recently told me she went back to her hometown to see her 11 month old son that's being raised by its grandparents and her son didn't even recognize her for about 2 days. I hear stories like this fairly regularly and it seems ridiculously awful. Yeah, raising children isn't just about turning babies into people. It's also about turning people into parents. This kind of separation seems like a recipe for disaster. A lot of my students are in similar situations even now, as teenagers, and they talk all the time about how they really know nothing about their mothers and fathers, nor do their mothers and fathers know anything at all about them.
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blinkyzero posted:These are Judge Dee films, right? I've never seen any of the movies, but I've read many of the different takes on him by Eastern and Western authors and really liked most of them. Could you suggest some? I'm about to write a paper on early 20th century Chinese detective literature, but truthfully I don't know much beyond one author and I'm pretty ignorant on more traditional stuff.
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Donraj posted:Could you suggest some? I'm about to write a paper on early 20th century Chinese detective literature, but truthfully I don't know much beyond one author and I'm pretty ignorant on more traditional stuff. Have you read the Magistrate Pao stories?
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Donraj posted:Could you suggest some? I'm about to write a paper on early 20th century Chinese detective literature, but truthfully I don't know much beyond one author and I'm pretty ignorant on more traditional stuff. I don't know much about the subgenre itself, unfortunately, especially at that time, but I do know a fair bit about the Dee stories specifically. You should start with Robert van Gulik's stuff. He was Dutch, but wrote mostly in English and had everything translated to Japanese and Chinese afterwards. (Interestingly, the Japanese were at first far more into Chinese detective fiction than the Chinese were, though of course this probably had a lot to do with when van Gulik was writing -- the turmoil of the 50s and 60s). His first book is actually more or less just a translation of the Judge Dee Cases, a Chinese book by an anonymous 18th century author that van Gulik supposedly found somewhere in Japan. I'm guessing this is the guy you've heard about. Anyway, he's definitely worth reading, and there's a lot of him to read. Fun stories, especially when he freed himself from the original text and started making up his own stuff. Van Gulik himself was a really interesting dude too. Much more recently there's the Tales of Judge Dee by Zhu Xiaodi. Definitely continues where van Gulik left off. I read an interview where Xiaodi said that was his goal, so it makes sense. Pretty sure he hasn't done more yet, but I think Tales came out not that long ago. I read it in 2009 while I was still an undergrad. I think there were some French and Swedish writers working with the Dee character too, but I haven't read them. When I looked in college, none of their stuff had been translated yet into English (or Chinese, not that it would've helped me any then and not much more now). That might have changed since, though. I don't recall their names, but I'm sure it's on Amazon or Wiki somewhere.
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Baddog posted:Probably a question for pro-prc, we want to invest a pretty good chunk of rmb - Bank of China 6 month CD is just 2.85%. I think I saw a fairly lengthy post on this a while back, but the smaller banks offer some non guaranteed investment options right? 2.85 guaranteed is good compared to US rates, but I dont feel that great about it given the rate of inflation over here and the corresponding currency exchange risk. Go to Wu Tang Financial. You need to diversify yo bonds, nigga.
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Sogol posted:Have you read the Magistrate Pao stories? No, but I've heard of them and mean to do so. quote:His first book is actually more or less just a translation of the Judge Dee Cases, a Chinese book by an anonymous 18th century author that van Gulik supposedly found somewhere in Japan. I'm guessing this is the guy you've heard about. I believe I have that book sitting on my table right now. It was actually next on my list. And the guy I'm talking about is a Shanghai writer named Cheng Xiaoqing who was actively mainly in the 30s. Near as I can tell most of his stuff hasn't been translated.
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask / Tell > Tourism & Travel > The China Megathread III: it seems ridiculously awful.
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TheBuilder posted:Just a little unsolicited advice for you guys that marry into the culture - if you have kids, never ever relinquish your child care duties to an in law or relative no matter how many times they offer. Or the kid could end up living in an unfinished basement with ducks and chickens.
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It was recommended I ask this question here. Want to buy the mother in law some books before she goes back to Shanghai. She used to speak Russian but "that knowledge has gone back to the teacher". I was thinking of getting her a Chinese translation of my favorite Russian novel Dr. Zhivago. I'm also going to buy her a copy of the novel in Russian as well. Any ideas?
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Get her a book on Russian mothers-in-law. That's my best advice based on what you have told me: she is your mother-in-law and she once spoke Russian (and so is presumably interested in Russia?). Try googling "Russia" "mother-in-law" "book" and "中文版". Also Taobao.
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日瓦戈医生 is Dr. Zhivago in Chinese. Most Russian and really all Eastern European stuff is easily available in Chinese. I know a lot of people who love them some Milan Kundera.
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But don't deliberate too long. You need to hurry up and get her a Chinese-language book before she goes back to Shanghai.
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Hey I'm in Shanghai, can I get her number for when she gets back here?
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Whoa dude, don't go hooking up with people's mother-in-law.
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Why not? It's all part of The Real China Experience. Just because she's someone's mother in law doesn't mean she doesn't have needs...
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drat like four days here and you have already morphed into TWM
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Buddy, I liked moms long before I got here.
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goldboilermark posted:drat like four days here and you have already morphed into TWM No, TWM was occasionally amusing \/\/ yeah this is what I'm talking about LimburgLimbo fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Sep 23, 2013 |
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LimburgLimbo posted:No, TWM was occasionally amusing Ohhhhhh buuuurrrrrrnnn BadAstronaut fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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BadAstronaut posted:Buddy, I liked moms long before I got here. If you really like her, you should drink some hot water.
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LimburgLimbo posted:No, TWM was occasionally amusing I miss TWM and he is a good friend in real life but I think people forget how awful of a poster he was his first year plus in this thread I still miss him terribly 
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Everything is so much better today - vpn to amsterdam, gamepass.nfl.com edit - then drop vpn for much better frames/quality. Baddog fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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Baddog posted:Everything is so much better today - vpn to amsterdam, gamepass.nfl.com I hear you. I actually sprung for an MLB.TV subscription this year, and it was totally worth the money. Kicking back and watching American sports is a great cure-all for the occasional China ills, for me anyway. Speaking of China ills -- I've been feeling like poo poo for a few hours every day after my classes, and this morning I suspected that it had something to do with the water that I drink while I'm teaching. We have one of those dispensers with the heater thingy and the jugs are delivered to us as needed, sealed (in plastic wrap, no less). On a lark, I went all day without drinking any of it and I feel a lot better than I have been recently by this point in the afternoon. This water's pretty loving suspect to me now. That these jugs are being filled out of a tap somewhere downriver is a disturbing prospect, especially since Yuyao's in the immediate vicinity of the great Shanghai Floating Piggy Parkway. That got me curious about just how bad the water is in this country, so I looked into it. I'd read about the "black ice" factories in Beijing and of course I knew that water's a pretty serious issue in the country at large, but holy poo poo. There are hydrologists out there that seriously think it could be the doom of the entire nation. Hyperbolic, but even the government estimates there are no less than 300 million citizens without any access to clean water, and hundreds of millions more who are scraping by on the bare minimum. blinkyzero fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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Yeah I think I read that 40% of China's fresh water is considered unsafe for contact with humans. e: Or maybe this was what I was thinking: 28% of China's rivers and lakes are so badly polluted they're considered unfit for even industrial or agricultural use. fart simpson fucked around with this message at 10:39 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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blinkyzero posted:I hear you. I actually sprung for an MLB.TV subscription this year, and it was totally worth the money. Kicking back and watching American sports is a great cure-all for the occasional China ills, for me anyway. Maybe I'll get the NHL equivalent this year. Unlike basketball and soccer which is all over everywhere, and other sports which have enough Americans to support... there's never any hockey anywhere 
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Magna Kaser posted:Maybe I'll get the NHL equivalent this year. Unlike basketball and soccer which is all over everywhere, and other sports which have enough Americans to support... there's never any hockey anywhere I was thinking of getting the NHL package too. Baseball season's winding down, and I do love the Penguins. When I got the MLB.TV subscription, I had gone back and forth for like a week on whether it was a responsible use of the $110 or whatever it was. It's not that it would strap our budget; I'm just that much of a miser. It looks like a ridiculous internal debate now when I realize that, in the last seven days, I have only spent 150 RMB...and 110 of that was grocery shopping this evening. Considering all the free stuff and perks teachers (foreigners in general) get for working in this country, it can be really, really easy to save a ton of money without even trying. MeramJert posted:Yeah I think I read that 40% of China's fresh water is considered unsafe for contact with humans. Good Lord, 28% not fit for industrial use? That's pretty awful.
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Magna Kaser posted:Maybe I'll get the NHL equivalent this year. Unlike basketball and soccer which is all over everywhere, and other sports which have enough Americans to support... there's never any hockey anywhere I have NFL Gamepass if any Chengoons with a real TV and Internet ever want to get together and watch some games, but I was took cheap to spring for the playoffs. Maybe I'll get them later in the season
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I have a TV of decent size and a nice couch, and decent Internet but I live in the boonies and you might take a cockroach home with you. 
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Monkey Fury posted:I have NFL Gamepass if any Chengoons with a real TV and Internet ever want to get together and watch some games, but I was took cheap to spring for the playoffs. Maybe I'll get them later in the season I probably wasnt clear enough in my post, gamepass is free if you vpn to the netherlands first (or argentina supposedly, I didnt try that though). Then once you have the stream going, drop the vpn for better framerate. I had high def going most of the game.
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Baddog posted:I probably wasnt clear enough in my post, gamepass is free if you vpn to the netherlands first (or argentina supposedly, I didnt try that though). Then once you have the stream going, drop the vpn for better framerate. I had high def going most of the game. Well I'll be damned. This is Relevant To My Interests.
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Big news guys! Four Seasons Shenzhen is opening in just four days. I got a promotional e-mail today. From their blurb: quote:From the moment you arrive in Shenzhen, you’ll feel like you’ve escaped to the future. Which is hardly surprising considering it’s one of China’s most vibrant destinations for business travellers. - A number of things to do so vast that they include 'shopping' in a list of three fairly generic things. Shenzhen isn't even good for shopping really. Whenever I have to go from HK to Shenzhen I feel like I am being marched back to a prisoner of war camp. Escape to the future*! *1980's dystopia.
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"Golf Course" is a public school euphemism for "Brothel" by the way.
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GuestBob posted:"Golf Course" is a public school euphemism for "Brothel" by the way. This explains why my father used to spend so much time at the "driving range."
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