Taiwan Number 1

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

Grand Fromage posted:

He has also been fired, and the original replacement was fired for being too drunk for China so now we're on principal four.

e: I CAN'T READ NEVER MIND

but also loving lol

ee: Wait...too drunk for China, or too drunk for Chengdu? I want stories.

# ? May 8, 2018 12:48

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# ? May 29, 2024 23:47

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?

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

e: I CAN'T READ NEVER MIND

but also loving lol

ee: Wait...too drunk for China, or too drunk for Chengdu? I want stories.

There aren't any stories, he was just reeking of liquor all the time. I never even met him, he got fired within like a week or two. His apartment was stacked and stacked with empties of those 2 rmb ergoutou bottles, I saw a pic.

# ? May 8, 2018 12:50

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

Grand Fromage posted:

There aren't any stories, he was just reeking of liquor all the time. I never even met him, he got fired within like a week or two. His apartment was stacked and stacked with empties of those 2 rmb ergoutou bottles, I saw a pic.

hahaahahahahaha holy poo poo! How do you gently caress up that badly? Seriously, talk about a do-nothing job, especially if his Mandarin is worse than Horseteeth the Assfuck. How do you even screw that up?

# ? May 8, 2018 12:53

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?

Who knows. The new guy is making a great first impression, the seniors were graduating on Friday but surprise, now they have another week of school and are graduating next Friday. Maybe. I'm sure the students will be super happy about this when I ask them tomorrow.

# ? May 8, 2018 12:54

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

Grand Fromage posted:

Who knows. The new guy is making a great first impression, the seniors were graduating on Friday but surprise, now they have another week of school and are graduating next Friday. Maybe. I'm sure the students will be super happy about this when I ask them tomorrow.

You know they're going to put out a hit on you, right? Hope Principal #2 left some rotgut for you...

(and they won't come, anyways, so it doesn't really matter, right?)

# ? May 8, 2018 12:57

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?

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

You know they're going to put out a hit on you, right? Hope Principal #2 left some rotgut for you...

(and they won't come, anyways, so it doesn't really matter, right?)

Most of them already graduated themselves and weren't there Monday so whatever. I've been in Asia long enough to achieve a pure zen inability to give a gently caress at work.

# ? May 8, 2018 13:00

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

Grand Fromage posted:

Most of them already graduated themselves and weren't there Monday so whatever. I've been in Asia long enough to achieve a pure zen inability to give a gently caress at work.

Why did they extend the school year at the last minute, anyways? So all the kids who never came to class this year could have a whole other week of sleeping in classrooms and getting hot pot oil all over the place? Oh, sorry, I meant self-studying.

# ? May 8, 2018 13:20

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?

Who knows, not me, I'm never in control.

# ? May 8, 2018 13:25

Ichabod Tane: Oct 30, 2005; A most notable
coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.

https://youtu.be/_Ojd0BdtMBY?t=4

Grand Fromage posted:

Who knows, not me, I'm never in control.

And you never will be foreigner

# ? May 8, 2018 13:29

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

Grand Fromage posted:

Who knows, not me, I'm never in control.

You're face to face with the man who bought the world on Taobao?

# ? May 8, 2018 14:07

Bum the Sad: Aug 25, 2002; Hell Gem

caberham posted:

Bah double post blast this internet

Here�s a picture of some smugglers

Bringing in shampoo from Hong Kong because shampoo and soap are still classified as luxuries and taxed. Blame the 60�s, thanks mao.

Why would you need soap when you can just wash yourself in the vaginas of teenage girls?

# ? May 8, 2018 14:53

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

This is still in my "watch later" section on Youtube.

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

# ? May 8, 2018 15:10

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

Why did they extend the school year at the last minute, anyways? So all the kids who never came to class this year could have a whole other week of sleeping in classrooms and getting hot pot oil all over the place? Oh, sorry, I meant self-studying.

It's literally to show everyone he's the boss now.

Nothing more fun than new management putting on a dominance display which does nothing but gently caress everyone over.

# ? May 8, 2018 15:42

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

underage at the vape shop posted:

Yeah that map has a lot of mountains and its still much slower than a plane. 3 hour on a train or 1 hour on a plane?

Line 2 is the one that doesnt cross the blue mountains so its the only actual feasible one imo

flight time is not the total amount of time you�re in the plane and airport

# ? May 8, 2018 17:15

vanity slug: Jul 20, 2010

Bajaj posted:

This is still in my "watch later" section on Youtube.

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

this man is happier and more successful in life than anyone posting on these gay dead forums

# ? May 8, 2018 20:21

Kharnifex: Sep 11, 2001; The Banter is better in AusGBS

China leading the way in green transport!

# ? May 8, 2018 22:39

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

quote:

Children's Taiwan flag design painted over by council ahead of beef industry event

A family is outraged after Taiwanese flags were painted over by council on children's artwork on a bull statue erected along Rockhampton's Riverbank.

Students from various schools in Rockhampton, in central Queensland, were asked to paint six bull statues as part of a joint initiative by Rockhampton Regional Council and Beef Australia for this week's biggest cattle industry event in the country.

One of those bulls was painted with barramundi-shaped flags by students at North Rockhampton High School.

Taiwan-born siblings, Amber Jun Xie and Iu Ting Xie, painted their country's flag on the bull's body.

Stepfather Lawrence Downing said his children had done "a great job".

"They were asked to paint their culture," he said.

The bull was picked up by council officers on April 30.

Just days ago, it was erected along Rockhampton's Riverbank for this week's Beef Australia.

The plaque reads: "This bull celebrates the cultural diversity of the Rockhampton community".

But the student's two Taiwanese flags � one painted on the front leg and another on the rear of the other side of the statue � had been painted over.
Cow sculpture painted with fish designs showing flags of the world, but with Taiwan flag painted over in blue by council.

The council's department, Advance Rockhampton, has taken the blame for covering up the bull's Taiwanese flags.

"Advance Rockhampton made a decision to change one bull statue on display in Quay Street in line with the Australian Government's approach of adhering to the one-China policy," general manager Tony Cullen said.

The People's Republic of China claims Taiwan as its territory, however Taiwan operates like a separate country with its own constitution, parliament, and currency.

The Australian Government does not display Taiwanese flags, however there is no federal directive to state or local governments about what they should do.

In recent years, China has emerged as increasingly important for Australia's beef industry and is one of its biggest export destinations.

"We highly value the relationship with all of our international trading partners and the opportunities they present for our region," Mr Cullen said.

The two students' mother, Amy Chen, said her children were "very sad and disappointed" by the council's decision to paint over their flags.

"It's a free country in Australia, so they [her children] feel a bit shocked their culture cannot be showed in public," Ms Chen said.

"They can't do that � it's wrong to do that."

Mr Downing reiterated his family's anger.

"There was a Brazilian flag and a Japanese flag but their flag � a Taiwanese flag � was covered up," he said.

"It's like a slap in the face � what message are they [the council] sending to them?

"You can't tell me a group of Chinese delegates are going to be upset by two Taiwanese flags in the shape of a barramundi fish.

"The council should just say, 'no, we can't do this'.

This week Foreign Minister Julie Bishop warned China against trying to exert pressure on private companies.

China had written to Qantas � and dozens of other airlines � asking them to refer to Taiwan as part of China.

In February, a Sydney waitress claimed she was fired by a Chinese restaurant for referring to herself as "Taiwanese".

The council said Beef Australia was not involved in the decision to cover up the children's flags.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-09/childrens-cow-statue-design-altered-taiwan-flag-painted-over-qld/9739574

# ? May 9, 2018 03:25

LimburgLimbo: Feb 10, 2008

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

�You can't tell me a group of Chinese delegates are going to be upset by two Taiwanese flags in the shape of a barramundi fish.

Oh you sweet summer child

# ? May 9, 2018 03:41

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

It�s the flag of Taiwan Province, People�s Republic of China.

What�s offensive about that? :colbert:

# ? May 9, 2018 03:46

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

I'm now convinced that riding pigs is the future of transit.Thank you China.

# ? May 9, 2018 03:50

hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

Unless china dismantles their great firewall they should be cut off from the rest of the internet imo.

Internet should be strictly based on reciprocal access.

# ? May 9, 2018 03:52

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Taiwan doesn't exist. Just like Palestine. :chaostrump:

# ? May 9, 2018 03:53

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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I would blow Dane Cook posted:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-09/childrens-cow-statue-design-altered-taiwan-flag-painted-over-qld/9739574

imagine burning so many diplomatic bridges over such a stupid bullshit non-issue

# ? May 9, 2018 04:16

MetaJew: Apr 14, 2006; Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

Fojar38 posted:

imagine burning so many diplomatic bridges over such a stupid bullshit non-issue

Except they haven't burned any bridges because apparently every other Western nation and corporation is kowtowing to their stupid demands.

# ? May 9, 2018 06:11

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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MetaJew posted:

Except they haven't burned any bridges because apparently every other Western nation and corporation is kowtowing to their stupid demands.

and they're getting punished in the media for it and (hopefully) at the ballot box

kowtowing to china's bullshit obsession with all things related to taiwan actively costs political capital and china gets absolutely no concrete benefit from others doing so aside from face

# ? May 9, 2018 06:26

Aoi: Sep 12, 2017; Perpetually a Pain.

Aside from...? :confused:

# ? May 9, 2018 06:44

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

EimiYoshikawa posted:

Aside from...?

you cannot understand, you are not chinese

# ? May 9, 2018 07:25

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

My wife teaches Chinese at an international school. There are a mix of Chinese and Taiwanese teachers. Each year, every teacher has to organize a performance of their students that they put on in front of the whole school. At each grade level, there are two teachers who each take one class at that level. So, there are two performances at each grade level. My wife's friend teaches upper primary. Like my wife, she's Taiwanese. The other teacher at that level is Chinese and is new. Weeks before the performances were to happen, the Chinese teacher approached the Taiwanese teacher and asked to see her script so she would have an idea of what a school performance should look like.

You should already know where this is going.

Historically, the more experienced teacher at a grade level gets to have their performance for the whole school before the less experienced teacher. The Chinese teacher should have gone tomorrow, but last week said her students were as prepared as they were going to be and pleaded for the opportunity to go first. The Taiwanese teacher said sure.

The whole school got together this afternoon to watch the first performance from that grade level. The Taiwanese teacher was surprised, but really shouldn't have been, that the entire performance was word for word her script. Even the lines that had been specifically written for the low-level students, of which none were in the Chinese teacher's class since she was less experienced, had been included and given to proficient students where they sounded very awkward.

Now the Taiwanese teacher is torn between pretending it never happened and going on tomorrow with the exact same performance in front of the whole school or going to admin and throwing the Chinese teacher under the bus. Unfortunately, there's no paper trail. The Chinese teacher asked her in person to see a sample script and the Taiwanese teacher just shared the Google Doc. The Chinese teacher, if called out, will just say, "Oh, I thought she was giving me an extra script! I had no idea she was also going to be using it!"

But really the Taiwanese teacher should have known better.

# ? May 9, 2018 12:49

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Do the performance, then throw the other teacher under the bus while everyone is confused about what just happened.

# ? May 9, 2018 12:53

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?

Platystemon posted:

Do the performance, then throw the other teacher under the bus while everyone is confused about what just happened.

Then burn the building down.

# ? May 9, 2018 13:19

Ichabod Tane: Oct 30, 2005; A most notable
coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.

https://youtu.be/_Ojd0BdtMBY?t=4

Asians should especially know not to trust other Asians.

# ? May 9, 2018 13:20

caberham: Mar 18, 2009; by Smythe; Grimey Drawer

Isn't there some rehearsal or whatever or some sort of program run down?

Call the teacher out and discipline her

# ? May 9, 2018 13:29

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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Rehearsals are done in class. Only one performance happens a day and they spread them over a week. There's no program to speak of as a result.

# ? May 9, 2018 14:08

Paladin: Nov 26, 2004; You lost today, kid. But that doesn't mean you have to like it.

I can write up a short play about a student asking a friend for help on an assignment, only to steal the other student's work and turn it in as their own. How many students and what level of English am I working with here? Time constraints?

# ? May 9, 2018 14:15

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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That's an excellent suggestion and if she had more time, that's totally what she should do. Sadly, she'll just have to go on stage with her performance as is tomorrow.

# ? May 9, 2018 14:19

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

Paladin posted:

I can write up a short play about a student asking a friend for help on an assignment, only to steal the other student's work and turn it in as their own. How many students and what level of English am I working with here? Time constraints?

The performances are in Chinese.

# ? May 9, 2018 14:20

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

Atlas Hugged posted:

That's an excellent suggestion and if she had more time, that's totally what she should do. Sadly, she'll just have to go on stage with her performance as is tomorrow.

Not too late to tack on a brief monologue about honesty and not stealing...

# ? May 9, 2018 14:52

Dr.Radical: Apr 3, 2011

So is the Thief Teacher not going to be there long? Seems like it�s a pretty dumb idea to do a lovely thing when you�ve just started working there. Even if it�s just a year it would suck if any time she asks for help the more experienced teachers tell her to go gently caress herself.

# ? May 9, 2018 15:07

Ichabod Tane: Oct 30, 2005; A most notable
coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.

https://youtu.be/_Ojd0BdtMBY?t=4

I'm somewhat of an expert in dealing with the Chinese egregiously lying in a professional setting.

# ? May 9, 2018 15:51

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

Chinese teacher never plans on leaving most likely. It's a plum gig. The Taiwanese teacher sent an email to the director about how her hard working students, who spent weeks finely crafting the lines of the performance themselves, were the victims here and they were in tears watching the performance today.

What's going to happen is exactly what I said. The Chinese teacher will get called in, she'll feign ignorance, and there will be no follow-up. She'll then be nasty to the Taiwanese teacher until she gets fed up and goes to teach in Singapore or something. Until then, the Taiwanese teacher will do what all of the other Taiwanese teachers do: never, ever share materials with their Chinese counterparts.

# ? May 9, 2018 16:23

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