ambivalentmace

Jan 15, 2019 16:33

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Chinese Province Mulls 2.5 day Weekend for Workers

Consumers can't spend if they have no time to go spending. Glad someone finally figured that out, amazing critical thinking skills, only took a generation to get the fact drilled into the brain. Slow progress is better than none at all. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Oct 15, 2018 20:40

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news 5 Things I Learnt Teaching Kindergarten in China

Fruits and vegetables are cheap in China and they have the luxury of being able to consume them at the expense of the poor peasants not enjoying the pleasures of city dwellers, in America with the high labor cost, eating meat is cheaper, no comparison, I could never afford the fruits and vegetables I eat in China ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Sep 26, 2018 10:27

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news 11-Year-Old Chinese Girl Gets Job Offer After Winning Coding Contest

Go west and get legal patents so you can get rich, otherwise you will have to share your talent and money to be famous and respected. Be selfish with your talent, its about "YOU", screw everybody else. The person looking out for you is in the mirror. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Sep 26, 2018 10:23

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news 11-Year-Old Chinese Girl Gets Job Offer After Winning Coding Contest

Go west and get legal patents so you can get rich, otherwise you will have to be a CCP ass licker and share your talent and money to be famous and respected. Be selfish with your talent, its about "YOU", screw everybody else. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Sep 22, 2018 08:12

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news The Hidden Advantages of Being the Only Foreigner in a Chinese Office

Actually a typical day, nothing to add. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Sep 21, 2018 09:57

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Picking Your Battles in the Chinese Workplace

In China, you are a just a show piece for decoration, or you have a skill they have not copies or mastered yet well enough to throw you out the door. Don't indulge in fraternization or gossip, never take sides, keep your mouth shut and ears open, and be ready to "fight or flight" at all times. Welcome to the real ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Aug 04, 2018 08:47

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Five Ways to Tell You’re Not Cut Out for Life in China

If you were a nice person before you got to China, welcome to hell, if you were a bad person before you got here, you just landed in heaven, enjoy the party. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Aug 02, 2018 09:40

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Dating in China - Tips for Your First Close Encounter

Depending on your age and preferences, you may not need to date at all, they will hunt you down, so many women at or about 30 with solid finances and education that can't find a mate because the family will not let her marry down in social class and status, so many women divorced from forced marriages to men that ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jul 30, 2018 09:47

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news 7 Reasons to Move to China and Never Look Back

I always move to countries when the economies are slowing down, debt is exploding, and cameras watch everything I do, the good times are just around the corner. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jul 07, 2018 08:35

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news 4 Ways Living in China will Change You

They can plan to take over all of Asia and do 5 year plans, but can't tell me the last day of school far enough in advance to buy a plane ticket. Many holiday schedules change at the last minute resulting in many foreigners not traveling and spending money in China and just typing on a computer in concrete box like ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 30, 2018 18:47

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news My Experience of Moving Provinces in China

In the future the train line offers plastic sealable containers that you fill up and truck to the train station and arrange delivery of the plastic tubs at the delivery train station and they take care of everything. A friend shipped 7 plastic tub containers of used clothes donated by foreigners to western china ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 27, 2018 23:11

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news South African Teachers in China Visa Scam Allowed to Return Home

Let's spend a few months getting free food and no money in another country, well, getting shot and robbed because I'm white in South Africa is not much better, lock and load boys we have to go home tomorrow. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 18, 2018 13:50

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Resume Prejudices You Might Face When Looking for Work in China

China has many problems with the concept of race, but, big butt here, Chinese are pragmatic and look at results, where is the great black run country that is tolerant and well loved and is renowned in academic circles. I'm sorry, cat got your tongue, speak up. Canada just said in a case with Trinity University that ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 13, 2018 19:41

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news International Student in China Sues Ofo for Using His Photo

China does this crap all the time, but a rich kid from Saudi who can screw with them and China will need oil from the Saudis for many years, this should be a hell of a show. All bets are off on this conclusion. Anybody else probably would not even get a court date. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 12, 2018 19:52

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Hainan Island Offering Cheap Housing and Fast China Visas

If the local restaurants get rid of the 3 menu policy, locals noodles 20rmb, tourist chinese 40 rmb, foreigners 60 rmb, somebody might actually visit the mafia stronghold. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 12, 2018 17:57

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news A Brief Introduction to China Buses

The only problem I have had is when you occasionally get a propane natural gas bus and they are so scared of them blowing up, so when they fuel the bus, the passengers are dropped off at the gate of fuel depot and picked back up after fueling to continue the journey. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 05, 2018 21:56

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news So You Got in a China Car Crash — Now What?

yes, I shipped a car over here, and as soon as I saw the driving here, I sold the damn thing as soon as the papers cleared. The good news was I made a profit since I had no duty to pay, but it could have been a huge loss. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 01, 2018 12:10

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Children Born in China Have More Healthy Years Than Americans

agree, I think we see a lot of old people in China now that were raised when China had clean air, but kids now are not raised in that environment, so the life expectancy will be less. This can be proven by the life expectancy of children born in England in the beginning of the 19th century when you could not breath ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Jun 01, 2018 07:39

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Children Born in China Have More Healthy Years Than Americans

The generalization of the article does not consider the diverse geography of a large country compared to Switzerland or a smaller less diverse country. I would venture raising a kid in New York City or Boise. Idaho is quite different, likewise raising a kid in Shenzhen would be different than Qifu. The averages for ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

May 30, 2018 06:40

Around China : ambivalentmace commented on news Chinese Gamers Calling Lucky Players ‘European’, Cursed Players ‘African’

Racists are in every country, but unlike most countries where you could call them stupid, here, you can add ignorant and stupid to the description. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

May 20, 2018 13:33

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Women Teaching English in Beijing Jailed Over Visa Issues

I also wonder if some minister in Ireland made a comment about an island or human rights that ticked off someone in Beijing, this has happen before and Irish z visas were not renewed about 5 years ago as I recall. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

May 17, 2018 18:10

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Women Teaching English in Beijing Jailed Over Visa Issues

Somebody was running there mouth and got caught or a bribe did not get paid. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Mar 22, 2018 07:30

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news China has the Most Billionaires in the World

Just for clarification, China has the most hand picked billionaires in the world. Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Mar 12, 2018 11:49

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news New Country, New Me: Foreigners Discuss How They’ve Changed in China

my point was you will never get a passport, just the PR. No one married to a Chinese can get a PR on a family visa because you are not allowed to work to show proof of income and taxes to get a PR. I you do have a z visa married to Chinese spouse and you finally get the PR. If your spouse dies for any reason, auto ... Full Comment>>

ambivalentmace

Mar 12, 2018 11:43

Articles : ambivalentmace commented on news Chinese Universities Ranked Among Best in Asia

I agree, but the Chinese are the experts, everybody else is just amateurs trying to be as good as they are at the problem. Full Comment>>