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Jan 21, 2014 09:32

Articles : DrMonkey commented on news China’s Latest National Report 2013: Ignorance is Not Bliss, So Learn Your Facts

"No, there are no real estate bubble in China. You don't understand China" - Yeah, right :p Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Jan 14, 2014 17:39

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Theme Park Planned in Sichuan Complete with Life-Size Replica of Titanic

Meanwhile, in Sichuanese mountains... very backward schools for children, with close to nothing, 1950 style. Chinese Dream stops at the city gates ? Full Comment>>

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Jan 10, 2014 18:25

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Beijing International School Buys Oxygen Tent for Exercising Students

China 2024. All wealthy people live in air-tights climatized dwellings, breathing purified air. The common people breath an awful air, even wearing the masks distributed by the gouvernement. Meanwhile, polluting energy production and factories keep polluting without serious attempts at changing things : any change ... Full Comment>>

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Jan 09, 2014 18:54

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Changsha Police Caught 37 Foreigners Working Illegally During Crackdown

I hope they got those who employ the illegals migrants too... Full Comment>>

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Dec 30, 2013 18:51

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news China’s President Xi Jinping Lines Up to Buy Steamed Buns

That's quite a change in style. It's a communication operation, but at least it shows that the CCP feels like connecting a bit with the people. The attitude of the patrons, flocking to the shop because Xi was there, errr, I want to say "typical" very loudly ^^ Full Comment>>

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Dec 28, 2013 09:48

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news ‘Show Me Your Boobs’, Foreign man asks Female Reporter

Errr, drunken morons, borderline xenophobic public opinion, a match made in heaven. Okay, the guy is really a moron, I won't blame the victim >_ Full Comment>>

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Dec 23, 2013 13:17

Blogs : DrMonkey commented on robaird 's blog Ennui in Suzhou

I live in Suzhou for 3 years now. I don't hang out in expat bars, mainly due to my heavy work schedule. Moon Harbor, I often walk or run there, always a desert since 3 years (and they build more offices and shopping area, while the existing ones are empty since years, WTF ?). Agree, Time Square can be gorgeous, yet ... Full Comment>>

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Dec 19, 2013 20:52

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news The Big Four 1st Tier Cities Listed on World’s Top 50 For Cost of Living

I checked the actual study on ECA website... It s for the cost for an expat sent by his/her company. Top cities are Caracas, Juba, Luanda...where the locals level of life is fairly low, under a crisis, etc... So some of those top cities are not expensive, but are places where recreating a Western expat bubble going ... Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Dec 17, 2013 06:55

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Foreigner Used Fake Passports to Get 7 Credit Cards, Sentenced to Prison

But then, if you are that foreign worker who *need* a credit card ? Sorry, no can't have ? Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Dec 10, 2013 05:15

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Shanghai Woman and Laowai Swindle 360 Million RMB

Hey, back in the days, in Southern USA, they would have said the same thing about the term 'nigger' : you have poor education, you don't understand, it's how we do it here, etc. I do not use racial slur ever myself. 'chink', 'nigger', yup, it's offensive and I understand very well why. Here, I mention the term ... Full Comment>>

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Dec 09, 2013 17:22

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Cold Temperatures Impact Central and Eastern China, Air Pollution of Eastern China Disappears

Pfffuuuu, problem solved ! We can now keep heating our non-insulated rooms using unfiltered coal-made electric power, the wind will wipe it. Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Dec 09, 2013 08:30

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Shanghai Woman and Laowai Swindle 360 Million RMB

Nigger was a standard term too. Full Comment>>

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Dec 05, 2013 07:05

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Female Student Contracts HIV After Sleeping With 8 Men While Abroad: Netizens Can’t Decide Who to Blame

I'm fine with girls having sex with lots of different guys over a few months. But damn it wear a freak'in condom !!! If it's not to avoid infecting partners, at least to not get infected ! And as mentioned above HIV can be dormant for years. Sexual education in China seems close to nothing :p Full Comment>>

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Dec 04, 2013 16:49

Blogs : DrMonkey commented on coineineagh 's blog Cowardice Makes Me Angry!!!

Hard talk, but I can't find something to speak again in your speech :( China is the poster child for the "Tragedy of the commons" vicious circle. Full Comment>>

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Dec 04, 2013 14:20

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Netizens Favor Chinese Woman in New Alleged ‘Good Samaritan Scam’

Okay, first video I found, the one I saw on the TV news http://english.sina.com/china/p/2013/1203/651888.html The video linked here seems cropped on the left side, because on the TV, the left most part clearly showed the guy running into the lady. Full Comment>>

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Dec 04, 2013 11:00

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Netizens Favor Chinese Woman in New Alleged ‘Good Samaritan Scam’

I completely agree with you... but then I see this pattern. Some 100% chinese mess, every single commenter will say "hu, of course". A foreigner is involved, commenter will go "bloody biased chinese". And if the news does not fit this pattern, then the media are biased liars, of course. Meanwhile, I look outside, ... Full Comment>>

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Dec 03, 2013 21:16

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Netizens Favor Chinese Woman in New Alleged ‘Good Samaritan Scam’

I just watched the TV, which mentioned this story. Video footage from a CCTV shows very clearly the guy on his e-bike crossing the crossroad like a jackass, Chinese style. Then he hits full speed the woman. From what was said on the TV, the guy try to get out of it without a cent, and insulting the woman on the top ... Full Comment>>

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Nov 27, 2013 14:07

Articles : DrMonkey commented on news The Never-ending Soundtrack: 5 Western Celebrities Still Loved in China

Ho, a song that seems to be big here is actually the jingle of a sort-lived, corny (euphemism...) French sitcom from the 90's. That sitcom stars 25 years old beginner actors playing teenagers. They played awfully equally awful scenarios. It's full of all 90's fashion. It tanked pretty fast. The sitcom is long ... Full Comment>>

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Nov 27, 2013 09:31

Blogs : DrMonkey commented on coineineagh 's blog Teaching Rant

You deserve a medal, you're a f.....g hero O_o For your observations about the youth, yeah, same experience. What you say about universities in China, yup, been there, done that. As your observations about Chinese locals. Please ho please, there *are* some who have dreams & aspirations beyond petty bourgeoisie, who ... Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Nov 26, 2013 14:51

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news E-Bike Riding Foreigner Crashes into Local, Makes News for Not Being Respectful

When I hear this kind of excuses from Westerners "but I just adjust to the local ways, I didn't know going counter-way was wrong", it's like hearing Chinese with the usual (bad, lame) excuses to behave like sociopaths. If you feel morally above, have the guts to behave accordingly. Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Nov 26, 2013 09:58

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news E-Bike Riding Foreigner Crashes into Local, Makes News for Not Being Respectful

Guest2368048 (original answer) still get a good point : the guy was driving counter-way, therefore completely wrong. Yes, 50% of the people on a bike lane are wrong way. So then it's fine to do it ? A Westerner would drive counter-way back home ? But it China, it's fine, others do it, I do it too ? But I still ... Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Nov 22, 2013 20:32

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news CEO Entrepreneurs Have Picked Up the Scent of Bitcoins

Rather than a long discourse, a link: www.buttcoin.org Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Nov 22, 2013 16:46

Blogs : DrMonkey commented on Erichu 's blog China's Spoilt Generation

Social mobility in China is *already* very low. Most blue collars kids can at best except go to a vocational school (ie. lower to middle tiers bachelor degrees, which are a de-facto vocational schools). They won't far much better than their parents. Education in China is *already* pointless. The gaokao only asses ... Full Comment>>

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DrMonkey

Nov 17, 2013 08:12

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Naked Ladies are Becoming a Frequent Sight in Shanghai

Just look at the pic, it's an old ayi. She looks more like someone in distress, in need for help, than a young girl trying to prove something about herself. Full Comment>>

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Nov 15, 2013 17:28

Around China : DrMonkey commented on news Live doves Released for Wedding Captured and Eaten by Hefei Residents

Good old Hefei, you never change, true to yourself :D I remember a Chinese friend back in good old Europe. We walked on a public park, and my friend was awed to see so much swans, ducks and goose. Asking why such awe for this, my friend told me "In China, they would have eaten them since long. People don't those ... Full Comment>>

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