Taiwan Number 1

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Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

Chaoshan Girl was complaining to me tonight that she met one of her friends for dinner and the woman's husband and their friend were there and making the dinner go on forever. I had met this couple when I was in SZ and they were polite to me, but apparently the woman tried to whiteknight to CG about how evil foreigners are and how I'll never ever take care of her with my money. She said she knew a guy that was single and desperate. CG told her she doesn't want any of that and our "friendship" is more than enough for her and her schedule. The woman was very offended that CG would not immediately jump at the chance to go out on a date with a random lonely guy.
What stood out to me about the couple was how young I felt in their presence. I wondered how CG made friends with people so old. They were both chain smoking while I was there, and it seemed like there should be some grandchildren running around unsupervised. I recently found out they are both like five years younger than me.

Anyway, the point of this ramble:

CG told me she found out they were up to no good. They were at the dinner table tonight openly talking about how they are making their riches. They got into the counterfeit product business. China has those funny laws about copying poo poo. You can make some trash product with NIKE on it and get busted if the police didn't get their bribes, but you could copy everything about an iPhone and name your company Appor and be ok. These people are selling fakes of all Western brands on Taobao as legit, and somehow haven't been busted yet. They also sell wholesale to other people, again saying they are genuine products. It's really bad for the buyers as it can ruin their reputations to sell fake products, as well as be a waste of their money.

The other scam was selling fake USB cables to Hong Kong. Like, "Genuine" popular brand cables made for 1 RMB in some Chaoshan factory and then sold for 80 HKD or something. They sold so much that they said many HK sellers were selling them back to Mainlanders on Taobao just because they come from HK so they absolutely must be real! That follows the typical Mainland idea of everything from HK being legit, even though it's all just made in China.

Anyway, CG was worried they might not be able to afford the bribe if they get caught. They could get a few years in jail and not be able to afford a replacement. I asked what that meant, and she said that it's normal for people to bribe the police and then find a poor person who needs something, or whose parents are sick or whatever, and pay them what they need and then have that person take their place in jail for them. This must be the origin of the "temporary worker" scapegoat.

Then she told me that if a rich guy is condemned to death then all he has to do is bribe the police enough that at the last minute they'll execute some other prisoner in his place and then he can live under an assumed ID number of another dead person. She said this was pretty normal, at least enough that many people know it happens.
Also:

quote:

It is truth. My finance girl knew this. She is an accountant. Some company make fake document for fake tax.
So they earn the tax.
They got the tax.
They got 17percent of the value.

# ? Jan 7, 2018 15:46

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 03:41

Modest Mao: Feb 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

barbecue at the folks posted:

I just saw Wolf Warrior 2: Face Gain: The Movie and holy poo poo does everyone in this thread need to see it. Just... amazing.

I would post the trailer but am on mobile, just go seek it out. You will not be disappointed.

Wolf Warrior 2 is 57th highest grossing film of all time at ~900 million dollars

it made 2 million in the US

# ? Jan 7, 2018 22:50

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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Modest Mao posted:

Wolf Warrior 2 is 57th highest grossing film of all time at ~900 million dollars

it made 2 million in the US

I'll bet that the Chinese box office statistics for this domestic propaganda film are very reliable

# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:04

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxY9ThN-KiI

# ? Jan 8, 2018 03:39

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

Bajaj posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxY9ThN-KiI

drat. almost as bad as having a japanese dick

# ? Jan 8, 2018 05:07

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

Bajaj posted:

They could get a few years in jail and not be able to afford a replacement. I asked what that meant, and she said that it's normal for people to bribe the police and then find a poor person who needs something, or whose parents are sick or whatever, and pay them what they need and then have that person take their place in jail for them.

Stripped it of context and it's impossible to tell whether it's the Mainland or Ankh-Morpork (Minus Vetinari).

# ? Jan 8, 2018 06:50

RedTeam: Feb 5, 2011; SHAZAM!

quote:

A promotional poster showed Leng Feng giving the middle finger with the slogan "Anyone who offends China, no matter how remote, must be exterminated."[22]

This film sounds great

# ? Jan 8, 2018 11:18

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

was it sincx who got all upset about this thread because he's now getting all upset about a thread he posted from the NYT about alt right people wanting japanese wives despite being racist getting gassed

# ? Jan 8, 2018 13:05

simplefish: Mar 28, 2011; So long, and thanks for all the ~~fish~~ gallbladdΣrs!

nah mate im not having bad things said against sincx in here

they kept making GBS threads up the thread with their lust for serious discussion and i kept making GBS threads up dnd with my cynicism and disdain for the CCP.

sincx is a good sport who moved their honest posting to a better place and I stopped making GBS threads up dnd in return

If you wanna comment on sincx's posting, be a big brave goon and go confront them and do it where they post, not behind their back in a thread they agreed not to post in for the mutual greater good

# ? Jan 8, 2018 13:10

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

i did

# ? Jan 8, 2018 13:13

simplefish: Mar 28, 2011; So long, and thanks for all the ~~fish~~ gallbladdΣrs!

ok then

# ? Jan 8, 2018 13:15

Brimstone Inquiry: Jan 21, 2007

good

# ? Jan 8, 2018 13:21

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fine

# ? Jan 8, 2018 13:38

Fallen Hamprince: Nov 12, 2016

Bajaj posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxY9ThN-KiI

不是儿化,投票一了。

# ? Jan 8, 2018 13:44

angel opportunity: Sep 7, 2004; Total Eclipse of the Heart

5,000 years of history is nothing

https://twitter.com/FK_hyperwar/status/938463059017945088

https://twitter.com/FK_hyperwar/status/941010666722418689

# ? Jan 8, 2018 19:17

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

It's a good thing the fins never rediscovered social skills.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 19:30

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

Jose posted:

was it sincx who got all upset about this thread

Yes. Very upset about the N(ong) word and other things. He was fingered as reporting people for it. He was especially upset about my stories.

simplefish posted:

nah mate im not having bad things said against sincx in here

they kept making GBS threads up the thread with their lust for serious discussion and i kept making GBS threads up dnd with my cynicism and disdain for the CCP.

sincx is a good sport who moved their honest posting to a better place and I stopped making GBS threads up dnd in return

If you wanna comment on sincx's posting, be a big brave goon and go confront them and do it where they post, not behind their back in a thread they agreed not to post in for the mutual greater good

LOL, how dare you

# ? Jan 8, 2018 19:41

The Great Autismo!: Mar 3, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Jose posted:

was it sincx who got all upset about this thread because he's now getting all upset about a thread he posted from the NYT about alt right people wanting japanese wives despite being racist getting gassed

he endlessly claims it wasn�t him but I�m not sure anyone believes it

# ? Jan 8, 2018 23:08

big time bisexual: Oct 16, 2002; Cool Party

Bajaj posted:

The weirdest part to me is that even though men with thinning hair is normal, you don't really see or notice it on men at the ages these girls/women are doing their balding. Like, a 20-year-old girl should not be balding, but they are, and their boyfriends aren't (though Mainland men have their own set of issues). It could be a variety of reasons, and it seems to affect them off and on. Chaoshan Girl has twice gone through "normal head of hair into thinning hair" phases since I've met her. I had one while I was in China last time, it lasted about two months and I have no clue what caused it. My hair was falling out like mad and even the photos at the time showed that my hair was thinning in the front. Then it went away as mysteriously as it began.

I always just assumed it was life-long malnutrition combined with the rampant hormone fluctuations caused by unregulated industrial chemicals in everything. I ask every single person I know that goes those body checks for work that many jobs require, and they all say the the report says they are low in iron and/or have anemia.

My favorite is when I point out that a woman is balding or her hair is thinning, the response is always "everyone has that, she is not balding. It is normal!"

haier there's finally some proof of your observations

https://twitter.com/SCMP_News/status/950268377263722502

# ? Jan 8, 2018 23:34

The Great Autismo!: Mar 3, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

there are definitely a lot of women in the mainland who are balding. some of them are really young, like mid-20s young. I noticed this with a girl or two I went out with in like 2012 and 2013. I think it's the water mixed with malnutrition mixed with...uh, idk. I haven't thought long enough about it to develop a theory

# ? Jan 9, 2018 00:12

LentThem: Aug 31, 2004; 90% Retractible

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2127289/chinese-people-losing-their-hair-earlier-ever-research-shows?utm_content=bufferf14ba&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer posted:

About 40 per cent of the people who took part said they had noticed their hairline receding, while 25 per cent said they learned about the problem from friends or family.

we've made jokes about peripheral vision before, but im super curious how people (1000 in this survey) can take dozens of selfies at a downward angle each day and never notice this area just above their eyebrows until a third party comments on it. this isnt male-pattern baldness on the back of the head

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Neurological factors, such as stress at work or study, insomnia and irregular life patterns were cited in more than 60 per cent of the cases of hair loss, it said.

your daily life is slow half-assery heavily sprinkled with powernaps what are you talking about

# ? Jan 9, 2018 01:12

oohhboy: Jun 8, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Stress is in the Face, not the work.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 01:14

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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LentThem posted:

your daily life is slow half-assery heavily sprinkled with powernaps what are you talking about

This is probably one of those things where the body needs an uninterrupted X hours of sleep to actually get the health benefits associated with it. The dozen micro naps is probably symptomatic of them not getting enough sleep at night.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 01:19

Blistex: Oct 30, 2003; Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Atlas Hugged posted:

This is probably one of those things where the body needs an uninterrupted X hours of sleep to actually get the health benefits associated with it. The dozen micro naps is probably symptomatic of them not getting enough sleep at night.

This right here.

A lot of Chinese women (well into their 30's) stay up all hours of the night to grind the latest MMORPG of the week.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 01:37

Injuryprone: Sep 26, 2007; Speak up, there's something in my ear.

Blistex posted:

This right here.

A lot of Chinese women (well into their 30's) stay up all hours of the night to grind the latest MMORPG of the week.

Why?

# ? Jan 9, 2018 02:42

hailthefish: Oct 24, 2010

Presumably for the same reason white people do: because they find the entire rest of their lives boring and unfulfilling and it's a nice push-button dopamine hit.

With the added bonus of some novelty to cut through the all-consuming ennui, for a little while.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 02:54

Nucken Futz: Oct 30, 2010; by Reene

Injuryprone posted:

Why?

No Why

# ? Jan 9, 2018 03:27

Mistle: Oct 11, 2005; Eckot's comic relief cousin from out of town; Grimey Drawer

DACK FAYDEN posted:

from yospos to d&d to you, friends

the entire article is a pro click and not for the reasons other people thought it was

quote:

For example, out of the thirteen economists in my year at Trinity, twelve would go on to join investment banks, and five of us went to work for Goldman Sachs.

EDIT: It's worded really badly and somewhat unclear, after a third reading.

big time bisexual posted:

I'm the lack of prohibition for public defecation

Mistle fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jan 9, 2018

# ? Jan 9, 2018 04:24

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

simplefish posted:

sincx is a good sport who moved their honest posting to a better place and I stopped making GBS threads up dnd in return

I thought you stopped shitposting because you were out-competed by the mod for terrible opinions and personal attacks?

# ? Jan 9, 2018 04:55

hailthefish: Oct 24, 2010

# ? Jan 9, 2018 05:22

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Holy poo poo there are a lot of bikes just laying around out here

# ? Jan 9, 2018 05:25

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

I hate the rentbikes so much. There are so many parts of the city where you have to walk in the street because the sidewalks have been completely cut off from use by the piles and piles of abandoned bikes.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 05:27

Ccs: Feb 25, 2011

A lot of Chinese friends I made in college said they regrew a lot of hair after moving to Canada.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 05:30

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

This is a month old, but my dad was talking about this with me recently. India is in a similar boat.

http://www.businessinsider.com/imf-report-china-debt-risk-global-financial-system-2017-12

quote:

"Credit growth has outpaced GDP growth, leading to a large credit overhang. The credit-to-GDP ratio is now about 25% above the long-term trend, very high by international standards and consistent with a high probability of financial distress.

"As a result, corporate debt has reached 165% of GDP, and household debt, while still low, has risen by 15 percentage points of GDP over the past five years and is increasingly linked to asset-price speculation. The buildup of credit in traditional sectors has gone hand-in-hand with a slowdown of productivity growth and pressures on asset quality.�

These issues have led to what the IMF described as "tensions" in three areas of the Chinese financial sector.

First, the report says: "Monetary and fiscal policies aimed at supporting employment and growth have, in recent years, been expansionary."

This has led to a situation in which failing companies are kept afloat, thanks to incentives for local governments to do so. The report notes that this is a negative in terms of financial stability.

"As a result, the credit needed to generate additional GDP growth has led to a substantial credit expansion resulting in high corporate debt and household indebtedness rising at a fast pace, albeit from a low base," an IMF statement says.

The second area of tension, the IMF says, is the fact that Chinese investors are looking to increasingly complex means of getting high yields on their investments, which has led to "regulatory arbitrage and the growth of increasingly complex investment vehicles."

"Risky lending has thus moved away from banks toward the less-well supervised parts of the financial system." These areas of lending have grown even faster than the rapidly growing banking sector.

The IMF's third area for concern is that "widespread implicit guarantees have added to these risks."

The fund said that Chinese financial institutions are seemingly unwilling to allow investors to lose money and that this has created an environment where investors are simply taking more and more risk, lacking the fear that they'll ever actually see a downside.

Here's the IMF one last time:

"A reluctance among financial institutions to allow retail investors to take losses; the expectation that the government stands behind debt issued by state-owned enterprises and local government financing vehicles; efforts to stabilize stock and bond markets in times of volatility; and protection funds for various financial institutions, have all contributed to moral hazard and excessive risk-taking."

Soon.. soon... unnnnggghhh

big time bisexual posted:

haier there's finally some proof of your observations

https://twitter.com/SCMP_News/status/950268377263722502

Yesssssssss. For all the times I was told someone is not bald/balding, and for all the Chinese people that I taught the word "fivehead" to, I finally get retribution. I mean, I didn't need a news article to tell me that all those five and sixhead girls have five and sixheads (my favorite pastime of taking screenshots of them on Tantan), but now I have an article to send to people and be like "LOL, it's u."

The Great Autismo! posted:

there are definitely a lot of women in the mainland who are balding. some of them are really young, like mid-20s young. I noticed this with a girl or two I went out with in like 2012 and 2013. I think it's the water mixed with malnutrition mixed with...uh, idk. I haven't thought long enough about it to develop a theory

Number one way for a woman in China to "keep slim" is to starve herself. Who knew it would lead to their bodies being deplete in everything for years/decades, especially during their most important mental and physical growth periods? LMAO. They even do that poo poo when they get pregnant because they don't want to be fat and pregnant. Those babies fall out already stunted.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 05:35

big time bisexual: Oct 16, 2002; Cool Party

https://my.mixtape.moe/mlisij.mp4

# ? Jan 9, 2018 06:15

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

big time bisexual posted:

https://my.mixtape.moe/mlisij.mp4

I'm the lady in the bottom middle getting the bowl of gruel to feed the kid as a distraction.

# ? Jan 9, 2018 06:24

The Great Autismo!: Mar 3, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

big time bisexual posted:

https://my.mixtape.moe/mlisij.mp4

I'm guessing the lady in white is regretting throwing that first punch at the end when she's found herself inside a chair on the ground

That or she's thinking "wow I ended up inside a chair on the ground, that's a little curious"

# ? Jan 9, 2018 06:30

Myriarch: May 14, 2013

Bajaj posted:

This is a month old, but my dad was talking about this with me recently. India is in a similar boat.

Is this really the case? I don't know a lot about India, but I was pretty sure they were still relatively under capitalized with lackluster credit growth; little private spending and lots of government spending to placate farmers

# ? Jan 9, 2018 06:43

Pirate Radar: Apr 18, 2008; You're not my Ruthie!
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The Great Autismo! posted:

I'm guessing the lady in white is regretting throwing that first punch at the end when she's found herself inside a chair on the ground

That or she's thinking "wow I ended up inside a chair on the ground, that's a little curious"

Complaining about the chair wrapped around her would be embarrassing. She�s thinking �this is my life now�

# ? Jan 9, 2018 06:51

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 03:41

LentThem: Aug 31, 2004; 90% Retractible

The Great Autismo! posted:

I'm guessing the lady in white is regretting throwing that first punch at the end when she's found herself inside a chair on the ground

That or she's thinking "wow I ended up inside a chair on the ground, that's a little curious"

her arms did a weird-rear end Fencing Response thing where I thought some part of the chair must have hit the back of her head, but it could just be that china move where a person goes limp if anything touches them

im a little surprised the other guy didnt get up at the end, normally i love china fight videos because its totally normal for someone to get curbstomped by a group of people and end up without any broken bones or concussions; they just play dead and run as soon as the other guys leave

# ? Jan 9, 2018 07:07

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