Taiwan Number 1

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Dr.Radical: Apr 3, 2011

Japan�s �Greatest Generation� were the ones doing war crimes but also ended up getting rich because the occupying forces needed them after. They still vote right wing if they�re alive.

One time when I worked eikaiwa a middle aged lady told me how yes, her father was in the war. �He was a, uh, what do you call it? Ah! Yes! A Class B war criminal!�

# ? Feb 16, 2018 14:30

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 20:43

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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At Chinese New Year festivities with extended family and I can't figure out how they do this sober.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:19

Pirate Radar: Apr 18, 2008; You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Atlas Hugged posted:

At Chinese New Year festivities with extended family and I can't figure out how they do this sober.

As far as I can figure it out, practice and repetition. Are you playing mahjong with aunties yet?

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:24

Pirate Radar: Apr 18, 2008; You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Incidentally, one of these days I�m going to get enough money to start my own restaurant and I�m going to start a beef noodle place called 牛肉麵cer and there�s nothing you can do to stop me.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:26

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all

Pirate Radar posted:

As far as I can figure it out, practice and repetition. Are you playing mahjong with aunties yet?

Chinese versions of board games I'm not familiar with.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:36

bamhand: Apr 15, 2010

Pirate Radar posted:

Incidentally, one of these days I�m going to get enough money to start my own restaurant and I�m going to start a beef noodle place called 牛肉麵cer and there�s nothing you can do to stop me.

This is incredible.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:58

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

Atlas Hugged posted:

At Chinese New Year festivities with extended family and I can't figure out how they do this sober.

all of the liquor everywhere isn�t for decoration FYI

# ? Feb 17, 2018 00:07

Reign Of Pain: May 1, 2005; Nap Ghost

In case anyone wanted to watch the whole thing....gawd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAypU093wtY

# ? Feb 17, 2018 00:32

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

Atlas Hugged posted:

I bought all of the Mountain Dew in southern Taiwan.

when you're making a list of reasons no one likes you don't forget this one

# ? Feb 17, 2018 01:54

Imperialist Dog: Oct 21, 2008; "I think you could better spend your time on finishing your editing before the deadline today."
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A good article about life in a Chinese prison.

https://www.ft.com/content/db8b9e36-1119-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277

# ? Feb 17, 2018 03:28

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

Imperialist Dog posted:

A good article about life in a Chinese prison.

https://www.ft.com/content/db8b9e36-1119-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277

paywalled

# ? Feb 17, 2018 03:31

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

I'm just waiting for the goon to be like "no, that's wrong! It's actually..."

# ? Feb 17, 2018 03:34

peanut: Sep 9, 2007

"famous/expert/celebrity"

# ? Feb 17, 2018 03:36

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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I love you all

The Great Autismo! posted:

all of the liquor everywhere isn’t for decoration FYI

Just because they don't drink doesn't mean I wasn't.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 04:19

CIGNX: May 7, 2006; You can trust me

Imperialist Dog posted:

A good article about life in a Chinese prison.

https://www.ft.com/content/db8b9e36-1119-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277

This was an awesome read. A bizarre postscript to this guy's ordeal is that the lady he was investigating for GSK was rehired by GSK after he was released from prison. It almost seems like by imprisoning this guy, the Chinese government was sending a message to GSK not to mess with this lady and keep her on the payroll.

https://www.ft.com/content/87ff00ae-39d1-11e5-8613-07d16aad2152

# ? Feb 17, 2018 07:17

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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Anyone else sick of seeing the Kunming knife attack brought up every time there's a mass shooting in the states?

# ? Feb 17, 2018 07:32

Heer98: Apr 10, 2009

CIGNX posted:

This was an awesome read. A bizarre postscript to this guy's ordeal is that the lady he was investigating for GSK was rehired by GSK after he was released from prison. It almost seems like by imprisoning this guy, the Chinese government was sending a message to GSK not to mess with this lady and keep her on the payroll.

https://www.ft.com/content/87ff00ae-39d1-11e5-8613-07d16aad2152

Nobody here pays for FT, please repost the article

# ? Feb 17, 2018 08:39

barbecue at the folks: Jul 20, 2007

# ? Feb 17, 2018 09:40

Mimesweeper: Mar 11, 2009; Smellrose

yesssss, now i'm not the only one

# ? Feb 17, 2018 09:48

uguu: Mar 9, 2014

TsarZiedonis posted:

Nobody here pays for FT, please repost the article

If you copy the link in google search, it'll take you to the article.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 11:19

Heer98: Apr 10, 2009

uguu posted:

If you copy the link in google search, it'll take you to the article.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 11:37

GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

uguu posted:

If you copy the link in google search, it'll take you to the article.

Except for when it doesn't, and just leaves you at the subscribe page.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 14:20

coolusername: Aug 23, 2011; cooltitletext

For the most part, I've been having fun now I'm not literally, actually dying, but today I nearly caused a motorcycle crash by existing. Dude drove past me, did the "WHAT THE gently caress A FOREIGNER" doubletake and twisted his upper body back to stare at me despite the wet roads, causing him to skid across two lanes.

Actually, still having fun.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 15:02

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

I'm doxxing myself.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 15:05

CIGNX: May 7, 2006; You can trust me

The original FT article is huge (>4500 words), so I've copied it into a google doc for y'all to read.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16iuPG7hCrVclCXr-SzeUnkhXLxtnAqUnu637_mlYPAE/edit?usp=sharing

Here's the accompanying video that is embedded with the article
https://streamable.com/449lu

And here's the follow-up article about the lady being rehired by GSK

quote:

GlaxoSmithKline has rehired a former senior Chinese employee who was suspected of being the whistleblower behind bribery allegations that led to a �297m fine for the UK drugmaker in China.

GSK said on Monday that Vivian Shi had rejoined the company almost three years after she was removed as the group�s head of government affairs in China.

Ms Shi was the focus of an internal GSK investigation in 2013 that identified her as the suspected �orchestrator of a smear campaign against GSK� including a covertly filmed video of the group�s then-head of Chinese operations in bed with his girlfriend.

She was never proven to be responsible for either the video or a series of whistleblower emails detailing the bribery of doctors for which GSK was eventually found guilty by a Chinese court last year. One report in 2013 said she �flatly denied� involvement in any campaign against the company.

GSK would not say whether Ms Shi had returned to her previous job or a different role. �We can confirm we have rehired Vivian. We are not going to comment further on an individual employee.�

Her reinstatement marks another twist in a saga that has badly damaged GSK�s reputation and sales in China and prompted investigations by the UK Serious Fraud Office and the US justice department.

GSK is slowly trying to rebuild its credibility in China � one of the world�s biggest and fastest-growing pharmaceuticals markets � after issuing a public apology for its corruption.

Ms Shi was fired by GSK in December 2012 �on the grounds of alleged irregularities in her travel expenses�, according to the subsequent internal investigation into her potential role in the whistleblower emails and video.

�GSK believes Vivian orchestrated the attack but the company has no direct evidence of this,� said the report by a private investigations company, seen by the Financial Times.

The inquiry � dubbed �Project Scorpion� � was carried out by ChinaWhys, whose British founder, Peter Humphrey, and his US wife and business partner, Yu Yingzeng, were later jailed for illegally obtaining private information about Chinese citizens. They were released in June after nearly two years in prison.

GSK has always stressed the investigation into Ms Shi was commissioned by Mark Reilly, former head of its Chinese business and the subject of the covert video, rather than by its London headquarters. He left the company last year after he was found guilty of bribery and deported from China.

ChinaWhys was paid about $18,000 by GSK in 2013 to conduct �a discreet and confidential investigation into Vivian�s background, track record and political influence, as well as an assessment of the planting of the hidden camera in Dr Reilly�s apartment�. The video was assumed to have been intended to cause �irreparable damage� to Dr Reilly�s reputation.

Ms Shi was found by ChinaWhys to have �many senior government contacts� in China�s medical and pharmaceutical sectors but she did not have �any privileged access to public security organs�. The report said she was probably �capable of and responsible for the smear campaign against GSK and Dr Reilly� but acknowledged there was no hard evidence to support this conclusion. GSK said Ms Shi was not available for comment.

The group has repeatedly insisted it welcomes information from whistleblowers about corporate malpractice and has no interest in finding out their identity. It has said ChinaWhys was hired by its Chinese unit to investigate a �serious breach of privacy and security�.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 15:06

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

CIGNX posted:

The original FT article is huge (>4500 words), so I've copied it into a google doc for y'all to read.

awww thanks man <3

# ? Feb 17, 2018 15:37

Fleta Mcgurn: Oct 5, 2003; Porpoise noise continues.

Bajaj posted:

I'm doxxing myself.

Glad your girlfriend figured out how to hide her fivehead.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 16:19

Power Khan: Aug 20, 2011; by Fritz the Horse

Bajaj posted:

I'm doxxing myself.

Wat

# ? Feb 17, 2018 16:24

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

Power Khan posted:

Wat

the guy has since had his arms drained of synthol and the woman has used her eyebrow power to become the most powerful thai ever

# ? Feb 17, 2018 16:47

weg: Jun 6, 2006; Reassisted Retrogression

Bajaj posted:

I'm doxxing myself.

I'm sorry.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 16:50

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

Bajaj posted:

I'm doxxing myself.

Me too

# ? Feb 17, 2018 18:10

weg: Jun 6, 2006; Reassisted Retrogression

simplefish posted:

Me too

This is excellent. :discourse:

# ? Feb 17, 2018 18:17

That strange guy: Dec 14, 2014; It's not strange if we never mention it again.

weg posted:

I'm sorry.

Yoko Ono ruins another band.

# ? Feb 17, 2018 18:38

Power Khan: Aug 20, 2011; by Fritz the Horse

ladron posted:

the guy has since had his arms drained of synthol and the woman has used her eyebrow power to become the most powerful thai ever

Eyebrow power. Most powerful thai ever. I don't follow, is that a thai thing?

# ? Feb 17, 2018 18:39

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

oh my god that google doc article:

quote:

he company hired ChinaWhys, a risk-advisory firm based in Shanghai, to investigate

no why

# ? Feb 17, 2018 21:51

Cry Havoc: May 10, 2004; This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

i believe they misspelled wise

# ? Feb 17, 2018 22:01

Mimesweeper: Mar 11, 2009; Smellrose

Cry Havoc posted:

i believe they misspelled wise

maybe they just really like dragonball super

# ? Feb 17, 2018 22:01

Dirt Road Junglist: Oct 8, 2010; We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

Bajaj posted:

I'm doxxing myself.

Fooly...Cooly?

# ? Feb 17, 2018 22:43

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

Power Khan posted:

Eyebrow power. Most powerful thai ever. I don't follow, is that a thai thing?

yeah, having giant painted on eyebrows is definitely a thai middle aged lady thing. not to that level, but I have seen a few that were close

edit: it's kind of the thai equivalent of the korean adjumma afro

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cnut: May 3, 2016

Wanna motorboat those brows.

# ? Feb 18, 2018 01:26

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