What, have you never had Chinese takeaway back home? Full Comment>>

I like to quote one of the foundiong fathers on this: "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." But over here it's more like: "My country is China. My religion is China. My world is China. Alien invasion! Repel the Laowainese!!!" Full Comment>>

And do you think they will ever stop using tax money to buy their puffs? Well, since their salary is basically tax money, that's hardly surprising. I maen, they will find another way to allocate tax funds to pay for them. ANd for the record: I'm not ripping on China this time, but on corrupt bureaucrats. Full Comment>>

Yeah, I know the salaries in big cities are 150%+ of what I'm earning here, and I've looked around before. There is something holding me here, though, and it's more than just family ties. What I didn't mention was that I've also got a private school in the county, which my wife runs along with another teacher. It ... Full Comment>>

Whooptiedoo, here's looking at you! OK, I'm bored of looking at other people already. Full Comment>>

chinese men will only look towards foreign women who can meet the approval of thir families, and black women have a number of additional stigmas attached to them that white women don't have. i may be wrong, but as it stands now, chinese men will not be into black women to solve any gender imbalance. remember that ... Full Comment>>

yeah i was thinking the same thing donnie was. gailored, you should edit out the guys real name before some creep with malicious intent gets info on his identity. not that there's much more to be done - the guy was used to breed racial hatred: if the media gives him more airtime, it might make it clear that he is ... Full Comment>>

get in touch with him if you can. he should be able to get a pretty penny for this slander. Full Comment>>

JayKnox is right in his observations here. This kind of article definitley caters to only a small minority of coastal city expats with time, access and materials for indulgences like this. eChinaCities probably makes such articles either to cater to the rich minority, or because their marketing staff has shaken ... Full Comment>>

China is not a house. The guy only lowered his own image when he said that to the reporter, and nobody is calling her decency into question. The media is milking anti-foreigner hatred. If laowais like it here so much, why are there less than 600,000 foreigners in a country of 1.3 billion? We DON'T like it here, and ... Full Comment>>

Thanks. I happen to live in Sichuan, so I was worried it might be in my city. It's just a common issue with the use of articles and capitalization in English. If they just said "a Luzhou mall" instead of just "Luzhou Mall", then it would all be clear. Full Comment>>

Crappy Chinese bank service by imcompetent staff making demands of customers, and rotten luck that it happened at the airport. Eejits at banks will probably slap on extra stickers on ATM machines as if they're fake performance medals rather than information on the ATM's capabilities. There's an excess of bogus ... Full Comment>>

CHINESE MEDIA DEMONIZES FOREIGNERS. AGAIN. A very unfortunate incident took place on Christmas Eve which is sure to leave the already tainted image of Chinese state media even more so. A news reporter, Miss Wang, from the Hubei Economic TV Station was sent out to the streets near Huazhong Normal University where ... Full Comment>>

I'm not a smoker, and I can sympathize with people's desire to have a meal in a smoke-free restaurant. But I'm certain that the offender woudn't have been approached if he wasn't foreign, less offense would be taken from angry words between locals, and the police certainly wouldn't have been called. The police did a ... Full Comment>>

Is Luzhou the name of the city? Where in Sichuan did this happen? Full Comment>>

Hey, what if this guy took CCTV+government to court over this dramatization of a minor incident? I know there are pretty much no anti-discrimination laws for westerners in China, but he can at least claim damages on a personal level. China deliberately mistreated a foreign student at Christmas Eve over a bit of ... Full Comment>>

Can't wait until it happens to you, dude. Deportation over a tasteless joke. Entirely fair of course. Full Comment>>

It's a miracle, even more so that they seem to have been born healthy. I wouldn't be surprised if the twins had a lot of allergies and other health problems, though. Even at 40, western doctors will have a long talk with future moms about the risks involved. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_maternal_age#Risk_of_... Full Comment>>

Locals don't understand that Chinese media is demonizing foreigners. This article is just another example of how China treats THE FOREIGNER: It's 1 personality type, from a single country named Wai Guo, and the state media has done everything it can to make a harmless but rude comment have maximum negative impact on ... Full Comment>>

Hahahahaha! "which is sure to leave the already tainted image of foreigner even more so." "Miss Wang was very upset by the incident, as was the online Chinese community with some calling for the deportation of the offender." " fuels the fire of anger AGAINST THE FOREIGNER. This is a sad day ... Full Comment>>

the logical fallacy you describe wouldnt be called a slippery slope, if true. however you gave an example of a slippery slope fallacy yourself with your effective rejection of the existence of luxury. if luxury is a relative term subject to anyone's perspective, then it's all subjective and we can't make any ... Full Comment>>

this discussion has become inundated with personal attacks, so i'm glad your comment focuses on the issue at hand. i disagree with your assessment due to my personal observations, though i admit that my life in sichuan province may not be representative of the whole country. sichuan farmers are adept at growing ... Full Comment>>

You're equally guilty of making comments in a 3 line article, only you do it to attack me rather than convey any kind of message. And you're sounding like a broken record with your repetitive accusations - I won't waste time on you any longer, david555. If you want to remain anonymous, don't REPLY, or I can see your ... Full Comment>>

"Chinese who buy imported as having no common sense." Willful oversimplification and misrepresentation of my words, necessary for the conclusions you draw. We import necessities for the health of our child, which has nothing to do with the "imported luxury fever" afflicting the rich consumers in ... Full Comment>>

At first I was opposed to wearing thermo underwear (kinda like thick stockings) inside my regular pants, but I suffer from coughing and cold symptoms far less in the winter now (some freaky virus plagues everyon in summer, though). It's a habit we should learn to take over in the west. Much cheaper and more ... Full Comment>>