no icecream ?
Chinese person, Huang X decides to beat up the pregnant store-manager in Wenzhou because the store did not delivered the ice-cream he ordered, while Chinese coworkers standby. You can see the video here : no icecream ?
Tags: chinese, icecream, no ethics, no integrity, no normsSpicy Noodles
I ate spicy food before, while living in Thailand, but also while living in China. That includes hot-pots and chilli’s prepared in different dishes.
This afternoon I went to a chinese shop to buy some pre-packed noodles. I asked the shopkeeper “lamien, bu la” ; it basically means “I would like some noodles, but not the [...]
The daily A hole
I was surfing a bit for funny things… By searching for something related to China, I found this nice domainname that popped up in Google : http://dailyahole.com (”the China Daily” i guess.. which is a Chinese newspaper). Unfortunately the site currently redirects to another website : http://wedrunk.com, where you can leave a message when [...]
uncivilized
Search in google for “rude Chinese” and you will get 4.900.000 results. Now search for “polite Chinese” and you will get 2.720.000 results. It basically means that more people think that Chinese people are rude and about 50% less thinks and writes that Chinese people are assumed to be polite.
No surprise, as Chinese are [...]
What happens when the lights go out ?
If the lights go out in China while you’re in a restaurant… guess what! The waitresses will close the doors of course. Nobody can leave until everybody paid his bills.
It’s quite common for Chinese persons to leave the restaurant without paying the bill. But when the light goes out, even a regular Chinese customer has [...]
Jiang Yu
Jiang Yu was assigned to be Foreign Ministry Spokesperson for China. I figured that out today while seeing her name twice in some of China’s sponsored newspapers… Her name seems to become more and more popular amongst chinese sponsored newspapers.
She is one of those government officials that aims to promote the basic ideas of the [...]
I hope you are a Chinese person when you read this article. When you intend to go abroad, it might be a very difficult task to behave appropriate in a country far away from China. Therefore, I will try to give you a basic list on how to behave abroad. This list however might not [...]
Tags: chinese, CHINESE BEHAVIOR, chinese behaviour, chinese farmers, education, money, no ethics, no integrity, no norms, rude Chinese, uncivilized5.5 years
Just realized that I am 5.5 years on the road. Each trip and each period has its own difficulties and each its own moments. Traveling around the world is a great experience and gives you joy and bad moments. I’m the first one to advice anybody to go on a hike or a trip and [...]
Chengguan Youth
The next generation Chinese, the youth brigades of China : Chengguan Youth
Tags: Chengguan Youth, children, chinese, militaryThere are quite a few problems in this world. When I read the newspapers, 3 countries perform a continuous rehearsal : Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan related to terrorist attacks, Somalia related to pirate-issues and Afghanistan related to Al Qaeda.
I have my doubts about how international relations are trying to solve the ongoing issues, so [...]
I had to write about this topic, but at the same time I have mixed feelings about the whole subject. I’ll try to be objective when writing about how the Chinese government considers its image more important compared to the lives of babies.
In the articles related to the milk scandal in China, you will read [...]
Chinese and numbers
The Chinese have a funny thing with numbers. Hu Jintao is called No. 1. Phones and carplates should have No.8 or No.6 in it, as Chinese believe it brings more luck into their lives. Chinese pay a little extra for phonenumbers and carplates with these numbers 6 or 8 in it. When you buy [...]
Tags: chinese, Hu Jintao, numbershypocrisy China – by a chinese dog
Before giving my reply, i will give you the article :
Source: chinese dog
We hear that Tibetans suffer “demographic aggression” and “cultural genocide”. But we do not hear those terms applied to Spanish and French policies toward the Basque minority. We do not hear those terms applied to the US annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii [...]
I would love to
I would love to do something about those sad things in the world. All I can do is blog about the sad things that surround us. However, if you have a spare budget, I’d go for it and change the world. If only I had the cooperation of a multi-national. You need my bank-account so [...]
Tags: blog, ChinaPlease give me discount
u Jintao presented a ppt with a brand new idea : “Protectionism will not help any country move out of the crisis. It can only pose a threat to the fragile momentum of economic recovery”, he said according to China Daily.
An economy that is driven by consumption, investment and export is what China aims for. [...]
Nice photos
We have flickr.com where you can publish your pictures. It’s quite famous and it’s worth taking a look.
Lately, I ran into an even nicer photo website : deviantart.com. It doesn’t seem as if you can sell your pictures, but they have some nice photos, and many people use the site to publish photo’s.
And of course, [...]
study Chinese
These days there are reasons plenty to study Chinese. Take for example the number of Chinese persons in this world : 1.3 billion people. That’s a lot! And about 1 in 5 persons speaks Chinese. Did you know that ?
More and more people decide to study Chinese ; schools that offer Chinese take part in [...]
small pizza, big version
Sometimes I order a small sized pizza in the hotel, but this time my gf was there, so we ordered a big sized pizza. However, roomservice brought a small sized pizza. Assuming that the cook made a mistake, we called roomservice again.
The hotel replied : “Big and small sized pizza’s have the same size. The [...]
Pyjama China – part 2
In addition to my previous article Pyjama China, I found a nice article on another china blog : Shanghai Government requests Residents to not wear Pajamas in public
“Not going outside wearing pajamas”. This is Shanghai city government’s request for the residents of the city prior to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. However this provoked widespread [...]
