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Archive for August 11th, 2010
Barbaric China WTF Are They Thinking- Guy Kills Cop Then Buys a Beer and Sits in The Street
Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 11, 2010
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Spying on Us In Chinese Hotels
Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 11, 2010
I recently stayed at a hotel in China, actually have stayed at a few. And it never seems to amaze me how my pc always acts up after such events. My inner child says its just my mind playing tricks on me, but my Chinese ‘comrades’ tell me differently. It is a well known thing here that the Chinese will enter the rooms of unsuspecting foreigners, only to scour our hard drives looking for business secrets or ideas to ‘borrow’. As for me, they will be disappointed as I only have ‘shared music and movies’.. This does not seem to stop the chicoms however, as I have had to clean my laptop several times as it has had viruses implanted in it. My work laptop never leaves my sight when I am in China, I know better, they can only try to tap into my personal one. I think I will photoshop some compromising photos of the current leaders with farm animals, I wonder what they would do then…. |
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China’s Hilton Resort Smells Like Ass
Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 11, 2010
I love China and love to travel, but my last trip to a resort area in China was less than impresive. I went to a tourist area and paid quite a bit to stay at the HIlton. The funny thing is that the Hilton hallways stunk like ass or funk. I dont know if they recently repainted or what, but when you walk down the halls it smells like a greyhound bus leaving from the south side of Chicago. The smell is actually a volitivle mixture of butt funk and pencil lead or oil. I have heard the Chinese say that they are upset as the cars like the Mercedes that are in China are not of the same quality as those that they drive in Germany, after coming to this Hilton, I wouild have to say that if it is representative of the quality of goods shipped to China, then I totally agree. |
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Party- Koreans, Chinese , Malaysians, Americans, Aussies, Englishmen, Indians, Singaporeans….
Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 11, 2010
These are scenes from a party in China, no bullshit, just read, think and enjoy. This is how I processed the event, or maybe it was told to me, I guess it all depends on who is reading this, if its my colleagues, then I disavow any knowledge of it an it came from a friend, if it is read by the other 6.29999999 billlion people, then enjoy, sometimes the truth has to be told….
-Chinese just happy to enjoy the party without having the red guard kick the dog shit out of them for not carrying the little red book Americans cocky, showing their swag, only 5% have a passport |
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You Decide in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 11, 2010
My blog is like my life, somewhat scattered, a little ADD, so you can tell me what you want me to post, or ask me to inform you about something. Basically I just live here and blog what I see, so if you want me to focus on something , let me know… |
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Dumbing Down English in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 11, 2010
In general China does a decent job with English, they study it for 12 years, so they have decent skills. The funny thing is that they are so disconnected from the world that they have litle appreciation for good or normal English. Thus, when a Chinese comes back from the west, irrespective of their actual English skills, the Chinese assume that the person is an expert. To expose the idiocy of this fact, look at me, I have been here 2.5 years and my Chinese is like that of an infant, case closed. But, I have seen countless one child policy Chinese who come back from Europe and who have worse English skills then those Chinese who have never left. I have been told that this phenomenon is due to the level of those students who go abroad(ie. they did not score well enough to get into the good universities and thus are poor performers and their English skills show this). I am not sure of the reason, but find it interesting to hear someone with awful English skills lecturing another about English word usage. |
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Living and Working in China- Chinese in Meetings- They Say Nothing
Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 11, 2010
When you come to China, and you should, you will find that in meetings they don’t say anything. they seem very non-participative. To a westerner, they seem disinterested , aloof and bored. The reasons for this behavior are cultural. For Chinese, to ask a question during is to question the authority figure (the speaker), and in ancient times this meant death by the emperor. This is a legacy that they have not overcome as of yet. (Due to the Chinese insecurity about themselves in social situaions, they will say they have generally overcome this habit, so as not to appear backwards, but it is untrue.) Thus, when dealing with the Chinese, you really have to push them to interact, and usually this is fruitless as they wont. The way Chinese think is that any disharmony in front of the group is horrible, thus asking a question is bad as it may expose a weakness in the logic of the speaker that he has not thought of yet. To the Chinese, each person is a pillar that holds up or supports the whole, and if one pillar does not do its job (ie asking a question instead of supporting), then the other pillars will do so as well. The end result , will then be anarchy and no support and an overall collapse, so they remain silent. Compare this to the west where we generally think of comments from the crowd or disharmony in general to be equivalent to a ‘white hat hack’. A white hat hack, is internet lingo for people who probe your internet security and disclose your weaknesses so that you can fix them. They have no malicious intentions and either do it out of curiosity or kindness. Western meetings and interactions are similar. We pose arguments to flush out any heretofore unknown or un exposed problems. To the Chinese this is disrespectful. I have taught here and work here, I have heard a number of executives inquire about how to go about changing this, my advice is to tell the group that you need their help in flushing out a problem, give them a week to prepare (they hate to get caught cold and are horrible at extemporaneous speaking), and if you do this, you may have decent results. |
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