Scionix posted:

Just had a Chinese co-worker join the team, he gave us these:



how good for lucky?

ladron posted:

anyone not korean is a foreigner.
this story reminds me of taking language classes in college (my undergrad is foreign languages). the (native speaking) spanish teachers almost universally hated the native spanish speakers because they were kind of arrogant and had the attitude of taking the class for an easy A.

big time bisexual posted:

the best attempted pengci scam yet

https://a.pomfe.co/xypxnf.mp4

ladron posted:

anyone not korean is a foreigner.
this story reminds me of taking language classes in college (my undergrad is foreign languages). the (native speaking) spanish teachers almost universally hated the native spanish speakers because they were kind of arrogant and had the attitude of taking the class for an easy A.

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

Otherwise, no one would have ever made it into a Chinese class.

nong posted:

But it is amazing.

People have to remember that China didn't try and build up with previous foundations as it was all raped and pillaged by the Japanese.
They had to make do with what's handed to them and they are actually doing really well.

With all the lawlessness of westernized 'democracy' they wouldn't be where they are today. Just look at how the USA is doing on a world level and what they did in Iraq.

Baronjutter posted:

I get a special little tick every time someone tells me they are learning "chinese" or really pushing their kid to because "in the future it will be the most important language"

Baronjutter posted:

I get a special little tick every time someone tells me they are learning "chinese" or really pushing their kid to because "in the future it will be the most important language"

Baronjutter posted:

I get a special little tick every time someone tells me they are learning "chinese" or really pushing their kid to because "in the future it will be the most important language"

Coolguye posted:

let me just sit in awe of building a crony-capital military-industrial complex and billions upon billions of dollars of useless and literally empty construction undertaken for no other reason than some government dipshit's gordon gecko style real estate deal, culminating in an economic system so robust that the existence of loving bitcoin fills its owners with mortal fear of disenfranchisement

fish and chips and dip posted:

Love it how she keeps reffering to Americans in the US a foreigners.

nong posted:

re-read what you've wrote carefully.

It's all perspective. The americans will always be "foreigners" from an outsider perspective. Like how "indians" and native indians are the same to some people.

nong posted:

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

I'm not sure why this is allowed. Surely space restrictions would dictate that non-native speakers should get priority?

I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think my university has a rule against this. Otherwise, no one would have ever made it into a Chinese class.

nong posted:

That sounds like the stuff the so called "Western Democracy" is promoting.

nong posted:

That sounds like the stuff the so called "Western Democracy" is promoting.
Not to make it into a political thread but you should look at how the recent tax bill in the United States of America was passed and re-read what you've wrote carefully.

nong posted:

It's all perspective. The americans will always be "foreigners" from an outsider perspective. Like how "indians" and native indians are the same to some people.

Devils Affricate posted:

The new tax bill is some bad poo poo, but it is nothing compared to the systematic, focused persecution that the Chinese government carries out daily on the country's poor/rural population. They literally don't allow you to move to higher tier cities based on your lower class background. If you tried to explain the problematic issue of gentrification to a Chinese person, they probably wouldn't be able to comprehend what you're talking about, because such a concept is so far removed from even being considered a problem as opposed to the natural order of things.

eames posted:

pretty hillarious drama surrounding Zotac and one of their sponsored SC showmatch events, admittedly not very relevant to their GPUs but we have enough sad vega news in here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fzfI_bOTqk&t=1025s

and explanation here

nong posted:

That sounds like the stuff the so called "Western Democracy" is promoting.
Not to make it into a political thread but you should look at how the recent tax bill in the United States of America was passed and re-read what you've wrote carefully.

It's all perspective

Coolguye posted:

for someone who talks about perspective you truly have none. like seriously, high-rise apartment buildings are literally built by government official owned construction companies and then sold back to the government purely so some dickhead can grift billions of RMB off of the Chinese public, who then see no benefit whatsoever from this construction because the apartment buildings are built too far away from even basic services for anyone to consider living there. nobody is ever punished for this. this is so common in China you can trivially find dozens of videos on youtube describing the process in detail and detailing the evidence. find me one detailing a similar scam run in America or any Western European country.

government-linked officials in China own over 80% of the economic activity in the country. the army alone is almost 50% of that activity. in the USA it's less than 15% - with defense spending largely put out to private contractors whose strongest connection is lobbying activity. you could make the argument that the USA's number is still altogether too high (and it is), but that is not even remotely comparable to a weapons manufacturer's chairman and the producer of the contract literally being the same person, which happens routinely in china. being part of the CCP is the only way to get ahead.

the tax bill in the USA is bad poo poo but oh my loving lord trying to compare it to chinese abuses, which literally include going to neighborhoods, compelling the people to donate blood, selling the blood to the red cross for a quick buck, and not even using clean needles, resulting in loving AIDS infecting half of the population is so incredibly tone deaf that you simply must be trolling.

e: also, yeah, in real economies bullshit like bitcoin is just another foreign currency, which both the IMF has affirmed for the euro zone and the american IRS/SEC has confirmed for america. in china it is an existential threat because something with literally no real backing beyond a mathematical equation is considered more trustworthy than the CCP's full faith and credit promise, lol

quote:

Meanwhile, in mainland China, a Shanghai woman’s post today on Sina Weibo (in Chinese), in which she said she was molested by a neighborhood man three times over two years, is going viral on Chinese social media, but for the wrong reasons. In the post — which first appeared on the woman’s WeChat — the author, whose pseudonym is Baxixulaoshi 巴西徐老师, said she reported the offender to a local police station after each attack, but the police kept telling her that the man “is too old to be arrested,” fearing that he might “cause additional trouble” for them if he dies in custody.
.....
The widely circulated article, however, was censored on WeChat merely one day after its publication. On the author’s Weibo account, she posted a notice (in Chinese) from WeChat authorities, who said the article had been removed because it violated some of the platform’s relevant regulations and that the decision was made after receiving too many complaints from users.

Wondering who would report such a courageous article? You can get an idea from this deluge of nasty comments (in Chinese) that appeared below her post:

-“What did you lose? It’s just a grope. Why are you so overreacting? You must have been living in a greenhouse and never experienced any setbacks in your life before. You think the world is just, so you want a fair result, but I guarantee you that you’ll have more doubts about your life when you encounter a real groper.”
-“He is an old man. Why do you keep making a fuss over it? Just get over it. If I were you, I would just let it go.”
-“Imagine if there are two women in front of this man, one dresses revealingly and one dresses conservatively. Which one would he grope? You should find some problems in yourself!”

Coolguye posted:

government-linked officials in China own over 80% of the economic activity in the country

LentThem posted:

everything people post on the forums is a genuine belief and if i disagree with that belief then i am compelled to pen an argument that nobody cares about, including the person that i disagree with


pulling from reddit, but this is a good story because if you are old you can commit any non-government crime you want. if you died in custody your family could milk the poo poo out of the police department and thats a much bigger hassle than letting a molester go free.

http://supchina.com/2017/11/30/wechat-censors-sexual-harassment-victim-in-shanghai/

Outrail posted:

So what you're saying is old people should get themselves arrested and die in prison if they really care about their families?

fish and chips and dip posted:

I speak, read and write passable Mandarin, while not being quite fluent. When I'm going to start applying for jobs in Europe I think I will just remove any mentions of Mandarin from my CV so I won't have to deal with China during work. Still though 6 loving years in China...

Coolguye posted:

for someone who talks about perspective you truly have none. like seriously, high-rise apartment buildings are literally built by government official owned construction companies and then sold back to the government purely so some dickhead can grift billions of RMB off of the Chinese public, who then see no benefit whatsoever from this construction because the apartment buildings are built too far away from even basic services for anyone to consider living there. nobody is ever punished for this. this is so common in China you can trivially find dozens of videos on youtube describing the process in detail and detailing the evidence. find me one detailing a similar scam run in America or any Western European country.

government-linked officials in China own over 80% of the economic activity in the country. the army alone is almost 50% of that activity. in the USA it's less than 15% - with defense spending largely put out to private contractors whose strongest connection is lobbying activity. you could make the argument that the USA's number is still altogether too high (and it is), but that is not even remotely comparable to a weapons manufacturer's chairman and the producer of the contract literally being the same person, which happens routinely in china. being part of the CCP is the only way to get ahead.

the tax bill in the USA is bad poo poo but oh my loving lord trying to compare it to chinese abuses, which literally include going to neighborhoods, compelling the people to donate blood, selling the blood to the red cross for a quick buck, and not even using clean needles, resulting in loving AIDS infecting half of the population is so incredibly tone deaf that you simply must be trolling.

e: also, yeah, in real economies bullshit like bitcoin is just another foreign currency, which both the IMF has affirmed for the euro zone and the american IRS/SEC has confirmed for america. in china it is an existential threat because something with literally no real backing beyond a mathematical equation is considered more trustworthy than the CCP's full faith and credit promise, lol

ladron posted:

people are allowed to major in what they want.
these weren't like basic "hola" or "bonjour" classes, they were mostly literature analysis and whatnot. the native speakers knew the vocabulary and most of the grammar (hello subjunctive), but that's about it, and it really pissed the teachers off (never had a native speaker in the french or latin classes tho)

Wildaid posted:

Last month members of a judiciary tribunal in a provincial appeals court ruled in favor of the Galapagos National Park in the months-long case against the crew, captain and owner of the Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999.

They ratified the sentence for the captain and crew ranging from one to three years in prison for possession and transport of protected species within the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Jail time for the captain was slightly decreased from the original four years specified.

Additionally, the owner of the vessel was fined US$6 million as reparations for damages to the marine ecosystem. This is an increase from the original US$5.9 million sentencing. The sentencing in August also included confiscation of the vessel with sales proceeds (if applicable) to benefit the Galapagos National Park. However, the judge overturned this ruling. The vessel will be returned to the original owner upon receipt of the US$6 million payment.

The cargo vessel was caught in August this year illegally transiting through the Galapagos Marine Reserve with a hull filled with 6,623 sharks, including juvenile hammerhead and silky sharks.

“The court ratified the actions taken by the Galapagos National Park. They confirmed the park’s statement that the crew’s human rights were respected. The park staff acted in accordance to the Ecuadorian constitution in defense of the rights of nature,” Walter Bustos, director of Galapagos National Park stated.

The cargo vessel, Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999, was detected and tracked using the Galapagos National Park Service’s new AIS monitoring system—procured and installed by WildAid, WWF and Sea Shepherd. Galapagos park rangers and Ecuadorian Navy officials intercepted the vessel 34.5 miles off the coast of the island of San Cristobal and arrested its crew of 20. Upon inspecting its hold, they found 300 tons of frozen sharks and fish.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Most felt that 3–5 days was the minimum required for a small donation (200cc) and that 2 weeks or more of rest was needed to recuperate from a donation of 400 cc. While many younger people felt these practices were sufficient to recuperate, others felt that even these remedies were not enough to undo the potential harm brought about by blood loss.

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

Also actual at native Latin speaker.

Imperialist Dog posted:

http://www.wildaid.org/news/sentencing-chinese-vessel-crew-detained-galapagos-marine-reserve-ratified-appeals-court


ahahaha

quote:

12/05/2017 Public Notification: Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 contains hidden drug ingredient

Significant Ant posted:

Can someone, very briefly, please explain to my why TCM is still a thing in China?