My wife is also Chinese and she abhors many of these bad habits. She is also from Shanghai, now living in Shenzhen, and educated. If your wife has many of these habits, then she's probably a "farmer". Full Comment>>

You left out one of my favorites which is: Every morning outside my window there are 3 ladies who meet at 6 a.m. to walk their dogs. They talk like they're hard of hearing and talking loudly like it's as normal as any other hour of the day. Then at 7 a.m. we have all the children walking to school and the child ... Full Comment>>