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Jimmy Little Balls posted:My students would always go on about how Bruce Lee was a great Chinese person do you know him he is very faymurs, but if he was from Hong Kong doesn't that mean he's actually British? he's also a quarter german, something like that. Not that that means jack poo poo but I wonder how they would take it
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Jimmy Little Balls posted:My students would always go on about how Bruce Lee was a great Chinese person do you know him he is very faymurs, but if he was from Hong Kong doesn't that mean he's actually British? He's actually American, jus soli reigns supreme.
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Jimmy Little Balls posted:My students would always go on about how Bruce Lee was a great Chinese person do you know him he is very faymurs, but if he was from Hong Kong doesn't that mean he's actually British? 99% of what western people with access to the Internet "know" about Bruce Lee is untrue, so you really can't blame Mainlanders for believing that he was a pure Han superman who exhibited all the characteristics of a true Chinese patriot. Then again, most of those "martial arts people" moved on from ole Bruce and have latched on to the fairy tale figure, "IP Man" who killed 37 Japanese Karate masters. . .
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Modest Mao posted:he's also a quarter german, something like that. Not that that means jack poo poo but I wonder how they would take it Portuguese.
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Blistex posted:99% of what western people with access to the Internet "know" about Bruce Lee is untrue, so you really can't blame Mainlanders for believing that he was a pure Han superman who exhibited all the characteristics of a true Chinese patriot. People actually think ip man actually happened as if the japanese wouldnt simply execute him the moment he embarrassed them. its hard to take chinese historical movies seriously at all when poo poo like this is so popular https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsoclIAN7Dg I cant find it but a japanese devil gets ripped in half vertically like mortal kombat in this show 
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Fauxtool posted:People actually think ip man actually happened as if the japanese wouldnt simply execute him the moment he embarrassed them. The Korean do kill all Japanese/North Koreans are so much better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2kt4ilUTEU I had watched this on the plane drat it was ridiculously entertaining. It's so bad it's good. It has Mac Arthur play Liam Nesson.
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That's actually me fighting my way through the morning rush at the train station.
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I have learned that the way Chinese use the English word "sick" is very different than how other people use it. Non-Chinese usage of "sick": Puking Diarrhea Anticipation of puking or diarrhea Actual illness AIDS Viral or bacterial infection Influenza Actual fever Allergic reaction Cancer - Disgust at something Pretending so you don't have to go work Totally rad tricks on your mountain bike Chinese usage of "sick": Tired Anemia Temporary runny nose from being outside in cold weather Cough from polluted air corroding lungs Smoking all day Too much air conditioning today Qi imbalance Bad weather outside Headache Menstrual cramps Lethargy "The pharmacist with the 2-month internet certificate told me I was sick to sell me useless pills" Ghosts Bad smells Walked by an African A foreigner sneezed within 100m of me (never mind the Chinese sneezing in my open mouth on the bus) The Japanese
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Just been in the bank. There were a pair of women in the queue in front of me depositing bricks of rmb (I'm in HK, we don't use rmb). I'd say each brick was at least 10,000rmb abd there were at least 12 bricks. One was asking the other (in English, for some reason) what a company director is. The other was explaining. The rmb was in 3 small plastic carrier bags like you get from a book shop. Since your bags get x-rayed at the border, even if you are walking across, I'm guessing they taped the bags to themselves to get them across. There is a deposit threshold above which the bank has to report a large deposit, but of course rmb mules always deposit just below that.
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If anyone who reads this thread works in a bank, I'd love to know how you'd react to two older-middle-age ladies who don't speak the main local language depositing five-figure amounts in foreign currency from plastic bags, and not at the business/premier account counter, just in a standard current account. E: dressed like typical aunties, not businesspeople, and around lunchtime, not right at opening or close of business
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simplefish posted:If anyone who reads this thread works in a bank, I'd love to know how you'd react to two older-middle-age ladies who don't speak the main local language depositing five-figure amounts in foreign currency from plastic bags, and not at the business/premier account counter, just in a standard current account. But they spoke English 
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http://shanghaiist.com/2017/03/20/toilet_paper_theft_cameras.phpquote:In an attempt to wipe out crime, the public bathrooms at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing have been equipped with sophisticated face recognition technology that will properly allocate a reasonable number of toilet paper squares to each visitor.
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how accurate is the hit video game "sleeping dogs" if its pretty close im gonna go to hong kong haier if you like gta 5 you should play sleeping dogs its good
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:how accurate is the hit video game "sleeping dogs" A man who never eats pork buns is never a whole man!
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:how accurate is the hit video game "sleeping dogs" Its a very accurate depiction of life as a red pole in the Sun On Yee.
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:how accurate is the hit video game "sleeping dogs" the North Point area was pretty spot on I thought, the rest wasn't really crowded enough so it felt more like a European city
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I played Shadowrun: Hong Kong before I went to Hong Kong. Real Hong Kong wasn't a lot like in the game.
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why not just hire a guard to distribute it that also seems like an insufficient amount of tp
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Relin posted:why not just hire a guard to distribute it According to a different article I read they still put regular rolls in the stalls too, because some people are uncomfortable with the scanner. So basically this ensures that there is still some TP left even if the thieving granny squad has just rolled through.
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:how accurate is the hit video game "sleeping dogs" It definitely felt like Hong Kong. The areas around the map did mimic the areas they are based off quite well. Not enough people in a lot of places. No MTR. Minibus drivers can almost be as aggressive as you driving one(LOL at parking properly to pick someone up). Everyone knows Kung Fu for some reason. Part of the ending is an accurate depiction of an open meat market. If you go be prepared to be walking alot and bring Google maps. DookieSandwich posted:Its a very accurate depiction of life as a red pole in the Sun On Yee.
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Grevling posted:I played Shadowrun: Hong Kong before I went to Hong Kong. Real Hong Kong wasn't a lot like in the game. But as a counterpoint, the Filipina Nanny Mafia deserves its own game.
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Paladin posted:But as a counterpoint, the Filipina Nanny Mafia deserves its own game. That reminds me, the first time you experience a Sunday in Hong Kong it's kinda freaky. Suddenly the streets are lined with thousands of Southeast Asian women sitting on flattened boxes.
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I couldn't get over my ex-gf's family's "domestic helper". At least her dad didn't mince words and called her his maid. No one has a maid where I come from, so I felt weird about it. Her sister and her American husband also brought theirs along to help take care of their kid. Many of them definitely get exploited by their employers too.
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Stink Billyums posted:That reminds me, the first time you experience a Sunday in Hong Kong it's kinda freaky. Uh, why? They have a day off but no money or anywhere to go?
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Outrail posted:Uh, why? They have a day off but no money or anywhere to go? Yeah pretty much.
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oohhboy posted:Everyone knows Kung Fu for some reason. Part of the ending is an accurate depiction of an open meat market. What, that thing with the ice chipper?
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hey Haier i need your indian food appraisal skills several of the offices in the area where i work have a bunch of Indian employees, and therefore a market appeared for tiffins  would you say 25rmb is a fair price in Shanghai for a veg meal LentThem fucked around with this message at 09:04 on Mar 21, 2017 |
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I finished the chapter on children during the Great Leap Forward. I knew it was going to be bad, but like every chapter in the book, I didn't know it was going to be this bad. As I have two young children myself, imagining the horrors described in the book happening to my progeny turned my stomach, and after each page I wanted to stop reading and skip the whole chapter. I forced myself through it. Be warned, if you have kids you may not want to read the next few paragraphs. Women were pushed out of their traditional caregiver role into industry, and children were often literally left to fend for themselves. There were state-run kindergartens, but it's better if you imagine them as "buildings we shoved a bunch of toddlers into after ripping them out of the arms of their mothers and then locked the door". If there was even a door. Or a roof. Children were burned when hot kettles fell on them. They walked around in poo poo for the day because there was nobody to change their diapers, or their attendant didn't give a gently caress. Attendants regularly beat and tortured children in their care to maintain order. The crowded and filthy conditions also meant extremely high rates of disease among children. Now let's talk food. Remember, thanks to Mao, there is literally no food in China. Hell, in some cities half the newborn babies died because their mothers had no extra calories to produce milk. In previous posts I mentioned how farmers would literally eat their straw roofs because it was organic material, so this isn't hyperbole; grain is actually being exported to show off how awesome and advanced China is. Unless you're a Party member or a cadre, there's a food ration for you if you're lucky and nothing if you're not. The children were not. Food meant for these "kindergartens" was eaten by the people in charge. While the children cried at the pain in their empty bellies, the school directors shoved the kids' rations into sacks and carried it home to share with friends. Older children were put to work. One boy scavenged some roots to eat during his shift, so he received bamboo-fingernail torture. An 8-year-old stole a handful of rice, so the local Party official beat him to death. A 12-year old stole from the collective canteen, so the adults in the village held his head underwater until he drowned. And the worst, the worst loving thing, is sometimes they made the parents do it. In one Hunan village, a boy stole a handful of grain. The Party boss ordered his father to bury him alive. Imagine digging a hole for your terrified son, forcing him into it, and shovelling the dirt back up. You have to push him down as he tries to escape. He begs you, he cries for help, his absolute trust in you, his father, who has cared for him all his life, being shattered. He screams, pleads for you to stop as you shovel more dirt into the mouth of your own son while the Party officials laugh and joke around you. Once again, I wish this was exaggeration. It is not. The father died of grief a few days later. If the family was lucky enough to get food (which they often sent the children to queue up for in those long lines), children fought each other for scraps of ration. Boys always got more, of course, while desperate girls withered away. Some parents killed their own children rather than see them slowly starve to death. Others just withheld rations for their young children. Some parents took their kids for "walks in the mountains" to look for food, then abandoned the children in the forest. Sometimes children were left with a sibling, but often the older sibling would turn on the younger, beating them to death to take their clothes or shoes. Some parents left the village to illegally seek work in the cities, so of loving course the remaining villagers would lock up the kids in a room and let them starve to death. About to start the next chapter on Women. Surely they'll hold up half the sky, right, and not suffer from any kind of abuse as patriarchy is swept away by the tide of revolution!
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You warned it was bad and it's worse than I imagined. Mao definitely earned his place next to Hitler in hell.
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I've started reading it as well after reading excerpts by Imperialist Dog and holy poo poo.
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very clever with maracas posted:what book is this http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8410925-mao-s-great-famine Many reviewers describe it as "very difficult" to read through and they're not talking about the complexity of the prose.
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Imperialist Dog posted:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8410925-mao-s-great-famine and tankies on SA think mao was good lol
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Jose posted:and tankies on SA think mao was good lol communists in tyool 2017 have brain problems
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