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Anyway, the watch is pretty cool. Honestly, though, this is nice news article for a change, better than the ol' "foreigners popping off in China" posts I am sick of reading. I was one of the first on my block with the Gear to go with Note 3. It holds its own with the Rolex, Movado, Tag, and Omega crowd. If ... Full Comment>>

The dealers probably will. If one gets caught with that stuff with the intent to deal, the family gets stuck with the bullet bill. Full Comment>>

Haha, Da Shan unmasked. He was trying to pass himself off as a Canadian for all of these years. Anyway his Chinese is good so no wonder he was able to set up business to begin with. Full Comment>>

Yes, echinacities is good at getting the scoop and having photos. It does make me wonder though, how does this website get their cameras at the scene of the crime so easily? Full Comment>>

They don't have "Waste Management" Crews in China like in other places and Sichuan is home to the "lovely panda", not crocs, gators, and sharks. Difficult to get rid of the evidence. Full Comment>>

Sadly, I have witnessed spousal abuse in China, first hand. One time I was in a little mom and pop restuarant near a public school and saw a man throwing a beatdown on his woman, just down the steps from the entrance. I chugged my beer and was about to use the bottle to straighten this guy out when the boss, a ... Full Comment>>

Its not to say who was right or wrong in this scenario. There are culture differences that both sides should understand more before pointing fingers. But I can say that I have had my fair share of annoying behavior in restaurants and other social situations. Most of the time, I accept this as typical local behavior ... Full Comment>>

I speak very good Chinese and I am able to communicate well with any driver. If a driver refuses me, usually it is because he is reserved by another client using the Di Di Che App on smart phones, something that probably should have been mentioned in this article and also to the European guy. No taxi driver has ... Full Comment>>

It is an improvement though. In the old days we used to see headlines such as "Foreigner busted for pimping", "Foreigner executed for smuggling in narcotics" or "Foreigners beaten up at Carrefour in Hunan because of French protesting Olympic Torch routes in their country" and then the ... Full Comment>>

Was there any resolution to this story? Full Comment>>

I don't want to say it like I am on the side of the local government, because I am not. Many of you are thinking in terms of your own countries ways. China is a non immigrant country due to political and population reasons. As much as I'd like to see the Spousal Visa get better rewards, or the green card easier to ... Full Comment>>

Haha, I have seen grown men water the trees while playing golf, in various countries. But I guess seeing someone drop pants and leave a surprise on the sidewalk has to be rather surprising, in any society. Full Comment>>

You keep checking what I wrote everyday. You smart, you loyal and I appreciate that. Well I have a point of view that is heavily influenced on my experiences, personally. The topics on this website must be topics worthy of my notice, otherwise I probably wouldn't be reading them, you? But honestly, I've stopped ... Full Comment>>

Well none of the ones I am friends with or have had relationships with are such people. So even you are ISIS and threaten me with torture and other things, I will not admit. I have stories to tell regarding tour groups I have dealt with in the past, from Europe or a certain South American country. Honestly speaking ... Full Comment>>

Some people behave in a non sociable way, true, but this is hardly a problem of China alone. For example, I used to work in tourism and some of the most difficult people were from France. They would behave very snobbish and get angry when we could not accomodate their specific demands. We just had to tolerate it ... Full Comment>>

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks at other's houses. In simple, nobody is perfect. Start looking at yourself first before saying others. Full Comment>>

Cute reply but clearly you must know I was just making a point, I didn't really mean this. Anyway, enjoy. Full Comment>>

China has many wonderful places of interest and sometimes it is better to book through a tour. I am sure some people visiting New York City want to ask if the mugging they experienced was included in the tour fee or not as well. I happen to like China and there are many places I would highly recommend touring. Just ... Full Comment>>

This is not a new thing. There are tours such as these that are being run as rackets. The front is a tour company that promises to do whatever the contract states but there are grey areas in the contract. These are operating in the mainland. The endgame is either in Hong Kong, Macau, or the big T island off the ... Full Comment>>

Stories like this will only excuse people in Beijing to hop into their BMWs and slam foreigner on the head with a baseball bat for asking his female colleague to assist with a banking transaction because they think said foreigner is stealing what few women local guys have to choose from. I think Chinese elders are ... Full Comment>>

The root cause of this problem was that several officials were sacked from their positions following the New Year's Stampedes. So instead of having celebrations, they decided to take it out on the public by just playing everything safe. Full Comment>>

Now you must understand that most internationals living in here with any amount of knowledge of how some local friends behave and think during patriotic times.... know that it is not wise to enter in the establishments where such patriotism is afoot. Anyone with access to news of the torch runs during the Olympics ... Full Comment>>

ISIS are bad news. I wish they were yesterday's news already. Full Comment>>

Taking a journalist is the right thing to do because unless the journalist is on the take, not likely, they will ensure you are seen as doing proper and also keep the police from pocketing the loot and pretending nothing happened, I've heard of stories like this before. Full Comment>>