try to be nice? and it gets me what..a diss? ok. how about this then? stop posting here and do some clam slamming instead. it is probably why you came to china in the first place. wanna act like a cretin you get the reply. but im not far off am i? i wont be back hereit has descended into wu mao vs clam slammer. Full Comment>>

tell you what. try saying that to someone in London or New York. after telling them what 2020 was like for you. my guess is you will either deny / threaten / criticise that person. Full Comment>>

hey i know a few good ones. first of all pretend you do not know (ting bu dong) second state you do not have (wo mei you) third say I do not know (bu zhi do) fourth...insult the foreign looking person under your breath...fourth point 1 (4.01) if you are rumbled - deny and threaten. Sixth. offer poor countries money ... Full Comment>>

i guess you are the kind of man that you think ll all women love. Full Comment>>

I agree with the thrifty part. especially since pandemic kicked in. the phrase 'rainy day' (saving money) finally happened for everyone. on a different tangent though what we are looking at now is a new era. the 2010s are over the decade of short lived travel for cheap...its gone. The future is this: plan well - ... Full Comment>>

@sorrel..you are a respected poster on here. means respected in the fact people read what you say and can appreciate it as a person who speaks / thinks a lot of common sense. Full Comment>>

this would have been funny and maybe accurate in about 2007. in 2021 it is not either of them. The person who wrote this is either not in China or so far up his own backside that he fails to realise that his rose tinted glasses makes him look like a major ass kisser. Full Comment>>

raise you a Qin Shi Huang. Then double raise you Leonardo da Vinci. Treble raise you Isaac Newton. For a straight I will raise you Albert Einstein. For a Flush I will raise you Nicola Tesla. Royal Flush Steven Hawkins. it means while you can say okay he (your choice) was good. he was not the only one. the difference ... Full Comment>>

cannot agree with the snooker one, claiming it is "bigger than it ever has been in the UK". In the 1980s it was a televised sport that was absolutely huge and many players from that era became household names that are still famous or well known names to this day. Add to the fact that one of the UK's ... Full Comment>>

this article ... what is the point of it? anyone who knows - truly knows the 'mentaily' will know that it is considered funny to see a foreigner either 'hate' something or get angry about something. it helps justify the chip on shoulder and conceited attitude to see that. So there are two ways to combat this ... Full Comment>>

debunking. points in chronological order. 1: butt kissing is required first to acheive that 2. hygeine, food safety- say no more. 3. safe? yes - because cameras in every single corner and doorway everywhere. 4. only cities worth being in are BJ SH and possibly Shezhen. The rest ARE boring to live in. Sure a visit or ... Full Comment>>

if you want to indulge in some back slapping do it with your mates not in public and also, in case you do not know, 2021 has become a year when bragging or boasting about how cool your life is, is seriously un-cool. Furthermore, your experience is about 10 years too late - meaning, quite a few people have already ... Full Comment>>

one more story, is I was using a social dating app when I encountered someone who I thought might not be genuine or worth talking to. Once I said this, the person actually said this to me "back to your own country or you will die in China". Now who needs anger management here? Because there are probably a ... Full Comment>>

a middle age woman that I was sitting next to on a metro train farted loudly. she was sitting in a position where her butt was directing me. disgusted and unhappy about this occurence, I changed to the seat directly oppposite her and grumbled a few insults, to which she reacted with unbeleivable fury, almost creating... Full Comment>>

for the esl teachers so desperate to return, now to have a vaccine imposed on them to do that job....wow. Full Comment>>

another one: send an introductory video. Teaching recruiters use wechat to do it and gloss over a person's resume and ask for an 'introductory video' instead. if anyone is stupid enough to send an 'introductory video' to some faceless 25 year old who has probably never taught a class or any kind in his or her life, ... Full Comment>>

another thing about time and China. A decade in China is not a lifetime as you put it. Time flies extremely quickly in China, more than other places infact. That is why everyone treats life as if it is a race. Full Comment>>

yes to the point now where people can smile and say cheese at a camera on every single street corner. Full Comment>>

don't you teach chronological order to your ESL class? Full Comment>>

you are not the only expat to have lived in China that long so what you should do is not play the numbers game and think you are better because you have reached 10 years. Your list is pretty bland and misses out quite a lot of stuff. Wi-fI for instance which is the biggest change in the last decade, followed by ... Full Comment>>

I have done a few including a couple of big ones. The good thing about the China Highways is they are pretty well done although the signage can be a bit round the bend. I have done Shanghai - Qingdao (8hrs), Shanghai - Nanjing (3.5 hrs) and Shanghai to Guilin - twice - (2 days). It is possible to drive from Shanghai ... Full Comment>>

7 things are this: suss the school. suss the job requirements. suss who works there in it (e.g. bums from Canada) suss the Principal - is he a fat expat bum? suss the living conditions. suss the area. suss the reputation. Full Comment>>

word ov adive pal. do not use the numbers game. In China it is not cool. Who cares how long you been in China? If your expereince is such that you feel that you have to write an incoherent reply then who is really gonna take that as sound advice? Your post is a load of waffle. Full Comment>>

2021 you will find out when you are a "foreigner" setting foot outside. Something you have failed to realise. Full Comment>>

there are a few ways at looking at this as far as the adults with jobs are concerned. first of all I would propose that the stastic is much higher than 40% locked out. The reason for this is to do with what I am going to say next. There has long been a tradition of western people coming to work in China, earning ... Full Comment>>