angel opportunity posted:

angel opportunity posted:

this thread is my blog

waitwhatno posted:

more like rene changs blog

goldboilermark posted:

I'm reading Evan osnos "age of ambition" and it's good

I also have xinran's "buy me the sky" on my list at some point

Peter hessler also does great books about China

angel opportunity posted:

Jeoh posted:

suggest more good books about modern china please

Samuel posted:

Working in international schools sure seems like fun if you enjoy other peoples misery.

DetroitVectorSmooth posted:

I liked Michael Meyer's In Manchuria. The northeast is an interesting setting and the author includes a lot of historical anecdotes. One of my favorites was after ransacking the summer palace, the British brought over the first Pekingese dog to the UK and presented it to Queen Victoria. She named him Looty.

JaucheCharly posted:

That's too awesome to be true. Looty.

DetroitVectorSmooth posted:

I liked Michael Meyer's In Manchuria. The northeast is an interesting setting and the author includes a lot of historical anecdotes. One of my favorites was after ransacking the summer palace, the British brought over the first Pekingese dog to the UK and presented it to Queen Victoria. She named him Looty.

goldboilermark posted:

so someone travels to a place for a bit and literally on your social network thing you get 75 pictures of them doing the exact same thing, just dancing around in circles. this is like half of the pictures she posted today. ffs

she has a 12 year old so she's like late 30s. It's insane

Constant Hamprince posted:

British people shouldn't even feel bad about the looting because it all would have been smashed by the Red Guard anyway.

The Saddest Rhino posted:

introducing the chinese to opium wasn't so hot tho

The Saddest Rhino posted:

introducing the chinese to opium wasn't so hot tho

The Saddest Rhino posted:

introducing the chinese to opium wasn't so hot tho

Grand Fromage posted:

fortunately they didn't, opium had been in use in China for like 2000 years by that point. they fed an already extant market

Grand Fromage posted:

fortunately they didn't, opium had been in use in China for like 5000 years by that point. they fed an already extant market

The Saddest Rhino posted:

b-but my chinese history teachers tell me the evil white gwailo made the pure chinese fall prey to additives~

The Saddest Rhino posted:

b-but my chinese history teachers tell me the evil white gwailo made the pure chinese fall prey to additives~

Grand Fromage posted:

fortunately they didn't, opium had been in use in China for like 2000 years by that point. they fed an already extant market

DetroitVectorSmooth posted:

I liked Michael Meyer's In Manchuria. The northeast is an interesting setting and the author includes a lot of historical anecdotes. One of my favorites was after ransacking the summer palace, the British brought over the first Pekingese dog to the UK and presented it to Queen Victoria. She named him Looty.

Filboid Studge posted:

That's not to say that medical specialists can't be effective and insane at the same time in fairness.

Filboid Studge posted:

I am so very confused that Rene Chang was a senior consultant in the NHS (that's like a senior attending for USians). Either that's not him or the dude has had some sort of breakdown.

That's not to say that medical specialists can't be effective and insane at the same time in fairness.

The Saddest Rhino posted:

b-but my chinese history teachers tell me the evil white gwailo made the pure chinese fall prey to additives~

z0glin Warchief posted:

I don't know how accurate it is, but I just read "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon", which talks about this depth. Basically the idea is that they are hosed for innovation and entrepreneurialism if they don't change the system, but at the same time the system is the foundation of the government's social control and it would not last long if the people were taught how to think critically. The "study your rear end off for years in order to take the one exam that, if you pass it (and only if you pass it; there is no other way around it), gets you all the social benefits and goods jobs" has also been A Thing in China for a really, really long time and is pretty ingrained culturally so it may be quite difficult to change anyway.
(It's obviously way more complicated that this but cut me some slack this is a .jpg thread)

bamhand posted:

You could say the British were 70% good.

quote:

Levon woked up one day atop of China's Diaoyu Island ,which everyone always know have always belong China over 5 000 year .Well ,anyway , Levon wers the Chinese citizen belong the Diaoyu island chain province , and he already live there long time ,so this weren't some strange thing for he wake up here .Was just the every day life .

He wash the face ,wear the clothes ,and so on ,after this he go outside buy some breakfurst .Because Diaoyu Island Youtiao stall sell South China Sea most famours Youtiao ,second-mos famours <<Doujiang>> ,so Levon go there .Of course he order Youtiao and Doujiang . Anyway ,while he eating ,he look first the North East ,feel cool breeze of sea wind across his face ,make his cool looking hair go across face like in one of the famours Chinese cartoon series that everyone in western country love so much ,wear costume play dress up like ,and so on .

A old man ,very very old ,ask him can have a piece his Youtiao, and Levon say <<ya ,of course >> break the piece off his Youtiao give old man .Old man smile and take the piece ,and maybe he gonna get own youtiao later ,but it don't matter to Levon ,because socialism with the chinese characteristic have become so strong ,so effective ,that actually all the foodses on Diaoyu island dont cost any money .Everyone can eat for free ,so everyone share the food just like Levon share it with old man ,and some people might mistakenly think that if all thing dont need money ,then sharing dont have some advantage .But no ,it wrong ,because Levon show he the generous guy ,so the old man wanna sit with him and have a chat .

Old man look Levon in the eye ,and even though he eating the youtiao ,which wers so delicious ,but old man's eye become so serious ,give Levon a bit of shock .Old man take those serieous eye and cast them like some fishing pool --which the Diaoyu island name for --to the North East direction ,he put those eye toward sea and say:

<<You know America ?>>

<<What that>> Ask Levon .

<<Well ,>>Old man say <<It one of western country ,not very powerful no more, but in fact ,during second world war ,just before China become greatest country in world ,America do one thing help us so much .>>

Levon not very interest the history ,think it very boring ,he rather play DOTA 2 ,which made by big Chinese game company ,or play he phone and so on .But because old man seem nice ,so Levon keep talking with him for make him feel some happiness in the daily life .

Levon say ,<<How they help us ?>>

Old man smile ,the smile style that only the old man can have ,hide some kind of knowledges or wisdoms that come wtih many year ,then he say << They destroy our enemy .>>

Levon dont know what's meaning ,but he don't wanna embarrass self ,so he just nod head and look his Doujiang .

<< Do you know what happen in Nanjing ?>> Old man ask .

<< No>>, say Levon.

<< Well ,it wers so bad ,in fact .But since you the young post-90s boy ,so you can forget it .If our enemy still exist ,well ,then you gotta remember what happen ,but because they gone ,so you can forget it .>>

<<Okay ,>>Levon say ,<<Although I don't know what even happen ,but I just gonna forget it .>>

Old man smile again ,ah ,that smile ,Levon kind of want to know some thing about the history ,just so he can smile so mysterious ,give girl around he the deep impression .Still ,Levon decide not say anything ,just respect old man with own silence .

Old man finally say ,and Levon see in the face that old man gonna leave world soon ,<< If enemy wers still here ,well ,you probably not even can be born here on this island .Maybe war would be fight here in these day ,in fact .>>

<<Oh, >> say Levon <<well ,I not born here .I not the local boy >>.

<<Where you born then ,>> ask Old man .

<<Chairman Mao City >> say Levon ,<<In Taiwan province .>>

The old man ,he smile one more time ,and Levon really dont know why ,but he DOTA2 team mate give him the SMS message on phone ,say they need the roam support ,so he say bye the old man ,go play some game ,appreciate live on the China's Diaoyu Island .