Benjamin321 on news Only the Patient Expat Shall Pass: Rites of Passage in China(35 comments)
The fear involves parasites, food poison, or any variation thereof. It seems like an even risk/reward at best. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Woman’s Naked Pictures by Tibetan Holy Lake Cause Controversy on Weibo(19 comments)
I bet if you asked most Tibetans whether they prefer nude photography or the Chinese State... Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Do You Have ‘iPhone6 Legs’? Test is Newest Viral Trend in China (16 comments)
I am not sure well toned, healthy legs are in vogue from the society that gave us foot binding. Weak and frail is the tradition! Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Number of Foreign Thieves in Shanghai on the Rise(33 comments)
No, no... do not tease us like that. What is the story? Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Kunming Locals Call Police on Foreigners Pretending to Shoot Birds (17 comments)
Even the souless Wumao's seem to be gone. No doubt packed in line for a train, plane, or bus back to Wumao home. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news First Successful Monkey Head Transplant Reportedly Performed in China (5 comments)
Haha I am not sure I would want to be alive if my head was put on someone else's body. It is certainly an ethical "something" with Chinese characteristics. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Beijing Man Calls 110 a Hundred Times to Talk to Different Policewomen (3 comments)
What a loser. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Women’s Federation Reports Story on Hangzhou Man Abused by Wife (6 comments)
Abuse is also psychologically addictive to a lot of people with low self esteem, especially when mixed with love. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news 5 Reasons I am back in China: Reverse Culture Shock is Real(62 comments)
Guns? Really? Your chances are about 10000x higher of being run over by a manic Chinese truck or bus driver not looking both ways than getting within ear range of a mass shooting or gang land altercation. I'm calling shenangians! Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Weifang University Students Punished for Holding Hands on Campus (14 comments)
At my uni everyone just boinks in the bushes around the lake. There should be a clever pun to make here... Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Alibaba to Acquire South China Morning Post for Christmas (2 comments)
It looks like freedom, fair law, and the rights of people will all be getting coal in their stockings this year. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Chinese Graduate Opens Beijing Jianbing Pancake Stall in NYC(10 comments)
Which does your average layman value more? Art history or delicious pancakes? Not to criticise art history, it is just the way most people are. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Examining Life in China’s First Tier Cities for Recent Graduates(7 comments)
Actually kind of an interesting article. The Chinese citizens in SZ also like to get together to unwind in the Baishizhou area as well as OCT. The difference is largely economic. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Police Drug Test 300 Students at Well-known Beijing Music School, Dozens Arrested(32 comments)
While we are discussing this. How many "families" will this draconian tactic protect? That it is being used to ruin the lives of music students seems to prove the point that this power can be abused for anything. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Police Drug Test 300 Students at Well-known Beijing Music School, Dozens Arrested(32 comments)
How many cases of heads of the household have you heard of spiraling out of control do the cannabis? Any valid statistics on that? As well, the most basic function of any government is to protect people from other governments and other people. (As outlined by Hobbes in Leviathan) In a shame society like China or ... Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Report: Food Safety Still a Major Concern in China (3 comments)
No kidding! I got food poisoning from a Starbucks ham croissant last week. Half my fault for giving money to SB... Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Police Drug Test 300 Students at Well-known Beijing Music School, Dozens Arrested(32 comments)
Why not start randomly testing university teachers too? Or firemen? Or ranking members of another type of "Party"!? That last one sounds fair... Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Police Drug Test 300 Students at Well-known Beijing Music School, Dozens Arrested(32 comments)
His or her duties to who? A government that does not represent them? Also, exactly how much... suspected... cannabis or even opiate consumption does it take to be forced into something by state thugs? Let alone at a music school... damn those trombone blowing troublemakers! Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on thabet_sava 's blog Shanghai, a City that Caters to all Tastes(9 comments)
Yeah. Shanghai is kind of fun for like 3 or 4 days. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Foreign Backpacker Beggar in Guangzhou: Scammer or Traveler in Need?(28 comments)
I could have sworn I saw this goofball walking around Seaworld tonight in that same damn unwashed shirt. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Beijing Replaces Huge Bridge in 43 Hours, Foreign Netizens Shocked(22 comments)
Would you rather walk the streets of New York or Kabul at night? If Kabul, I have some lovely ocean front property I would like to sell you in Xinjiang. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Man Conned Out of 3,000 Yuan by “Hot Woman” on Dating Site (6 comments)
Yeah, weixin look around is mostly scams and crazies now. It was a hook up machine back around 2011/12. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Foreigner Breaks Up Violent Subway Fight in Beijing (15 comments)
In Shenzhen that is fine thing to do, however in Beijing some turd might try to stab you over that, brother. I have seen northerners fight with fists, walking sticks, and beat each other with rocks over much less. Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news Zhang Yimou Under Fire for Not Being a Narc(5 comments)
And if he did "out" them and all those celebrties lost face? And then were forced to do some sort of forced media reeducation, then that would make the world a better place? Surely even the lowest of the bottom feeding Netziens can realize the logic of that... oh, never mind... Full Comment>>
Benjamin321 on news “Obey Our Law:” Shenzhen Police Put Up Chinglish Notice Warning Foreigners to Register (35 comments)
You know Shenzhen has some of the best ESL educators in Mainland China. Would it have hurt too much to hire someone to translate that gibberish for 300 Yuan? Especially since the operation will probably cost XYXYXYXYXYXYXY and do absolutely nothing... except punish one poor guy from East Ukraine trying to eat a ... Full Comment>>