Chinese Lady Takes Soccer Match a Little Too Seriously

From Chinasmack.com Apparently this Chinese lady enjoys Soccer, or at least enjoys it when not trying to kick the shit out of the refs. This series shows her attacking the refs repeatedly and complaining, her repeated entries to the soccer pitch caused multiple delays in the game. The shots are from Dalian and China’s B league in late July. Oh yeah, maybe it is a good thing these guys dont have guns…

China, The Old and the New

Here is a shot from the street in Bejing. It is actually cool as it highlights the growth of China, shows the old and the new. To the far left you can see the hidden stands of two guys who cut hair in the streets for U$ 0.7 per cut. Then, in the left hand lane you see bicycles, the traditional form of Chinese transportation. On the right, you then find Chinese rickshaws and autos, the newest love for the Chinese. So, in essence, in this photo you have four slices of China and her history.

Thanks World- China Becomes Second Largest Economy

I marvel at this, I mean how is it that the world dumped so much time energy and money into China to make it the second largest economy in the world? WTF? You may ask, isn’t this the Chinese miracle, those diligent flaxen skinned fellows who save, study and procreate like rabbits? Well my friends, I hate to burst your bubble, but this feat, in the end, was a team effort. The world opened their wallets to China when China opened up, and the chicoms merely hindered the growth and skimmed money where it could, but that dramatic rise lends itself to all that foreign cash plugged into China. The reason is that when China opened up, its GDP, or dollars held per person was less than U$ 100. They were basically flat broke with stodgy old communist manufacturing plants that produced more waste then good. But, upon opening up, they were exposed to new technologies and more importantly, dollars, Francs, Pounds and nowadays Euros. With that currency and foreign know how, China has grown into a decent developing country (their GDP per person ranks only 124 in the world). Thus, what much of us associate with China and her miracle actually should be a celebration of what the world is able to do, viz support a hobbled economy or country. (caveat- many reports actually state teh Chinese GDP to be from 30-50% less than the chicoms report)

Chinese Eat Fat

This may sound odd at first but let me explain. I am not saying that Chinese people are fat, for as we all know, they most definitely are not, and as Ellen Degeneris said, “They have the body fat of a Whippet.” But let me continue… What I mean to say is that Chinese, as a whole and without exception eat as if they were chunky, or to put it in a mean spirited way, they eat as if they were fat. Now you may ask why I am being so bold so as to make this assertion, please let me explain. I like fat people and have developed a bit of extra beef which I proudly display just above my belt line. But inside I am skinny and have never developed that all encompassing need to eat. With the exception of chocolate, to me eating is a chore or a habit, and oftentimes I forget if I’d eaten at all. This is what you would call the heart of a skinny person, and no I dont like to eat with the either, they have no passion nor zest for the act of stuffing food into their maws. But in China, although they be a skinny race, they eat like the most rotund , jolly faced chubby person you have ever seen. And actually , like addicts the world over, the process of them eating begins before the first bite. You can see them snatch up the menu as Pavolovian proof’sh saliva coats their lips and they plan on ordering the Chinese delicacies that they will soon be swishing about in their mouths. Their eyes scan the menu with sniper like precision as they pick and choose the exact combianation of sweet and sour, salt and garlic so as to force their mouths into an oral orgasm with the succulent dishes that China has to offer. To them, this is their foreplay, its the subtle flirtations with the dishes exposed on the menu, the leering glances that linger a bit too long on the Kung Pao Chicken as they decide whether tonight will be the night that they invite it to their plates. The waitresses too are part of this mental orgy as they prod, wait, patiently indulging the patrons on their mental journey into the world of gastronomy. Finally, the Chinese will place their order with that smug look of contentment , with the full knowledge that they are about to begin a delightful sojourn into the world of culinary richness. As for me, I’m happy with rice and gravy, and yeah, I hate eating with guys like me too, I’ve said it before.

China Blatantly Selling Fake Ipads, the China Daily Gets Involved! – Intellectual Property Protection Farce in China

Here is a copy of an article in the Chinadaily. I have been here for a while, but I am still surprised. I’m not at all surprised that China is selling fake Ipads for less than U$ 100, but am surprised that the Chinadaily has the balls to put it on the front page of their digital edition. Let me explain… China entered the WTO or World Trade Organization, and in so doing, they were made to respect intellectual property rights and their protection. What this means is that the selling of fake goods should be discouraged at a minimum and hopefully be punished to the fullest extent of the law. But this is China, and for some reason we offer them ‘courtesies’ that we do not extend to other countries. For instance, the article below describes the sellign of ‘fake Ipads’, and does not attempt to skirt the fact that they are fake. In addition, the place where they are being sold, the silk market in Beijing, is less than 10 minutes from Tianenman, or the nations capital. So, how is it that China in good faith can claim that they are doing all that they can to protect intellecutal property when articles like this are being run? the answer, quite simply is that it is China and at present, the worlds dirty little secret. As long as we get cheap goods from Wal mart, we are willing to over look the hu.ma.n ri.gh.ts abuses, the abuse, the lack of law and so on. Some may say that this is too much to do about such a minor thing. Lets pretend that these fake Ipads were something like weed, yeah marijuana. How about an article from Mexico stating that they now have a better strain of weed, with a higher THC content, all for a cheaper price, and then they proceed to show people packing and shipping the weed to the US, all to be sold for a profit. I wonder how the US would react…. Of course some may say the above example is not as benign as selling fake Ipads, but Apple may disagree. And to me, as someone living here, it seems that the level of pirated goods is so extreme that not even the locals will trust the stores here. If they want to buy a Polo, they go to Hong Kong, this place has no credibility. But back to the story… So how is it that the chiandaily runs the article and the store shown and others mentioned are not immediately shut down for selling fake goods? In the west this would never fly, we adhere to a thing called ethics, or at least a fear of jail time. But this is China, the worlds dirty secret, where they can run a story like this and I bet, if I go to the silk market tonight, I will see that same lady selling the same product, and there will be no police intervention. China is growing and we need to learn, the world needs to rethink its China strategy…. Here is a copy of the article Fake iPads selling like hot cakes in Beijing (China Daily) Updated: 2010-08-14 10:06 Comments(8) PrintMail Large Medium Small Fake iPads displayed on a shelf in Silk Street Market, Beijing. Zou Hong / China Daily BEIJING – Fake iPads are flying off the shelves for as little as 650 yuan ($95.67) at Silk Street Market, a tourist hotspot in Beijing. Sales assistants at dozens of outlets on the fourth floor of the market vied with each other to attract customers and were more than eager to show off the device’s capabilities to anyone showing an interest. They happily described the products as fake but said they were just as good as the real thing. The fakes have the iconic Apple logo stamped on the back alongside the words “Made in China” and “Designed in China”. They come in boxes labeled iPad that feature a photograph of a genuine iPad screen on the top. Despite also bearing a stamp advertising that they have 64 gigabytes of memory, several assistants confided the devices only had 1 gigabyte and a memory card would be needed to increase storage and operating capacity. Genuine iPads sell from $499 in the United States and are marketed as the best way to experience the web, email, photos and video. They have a 9.7-inch multi-touch screen and can be used to download thousands of applications including book-reading software. The fakes at the Silk Street Market are slightly smaller and, when switched on, display a logo saying they run on Google’s Android system. A test of the product showed the Internet connectivity and WIFI functions worked very well, music and video could be downloaded and played and photos displayed well. All the fakes had USB portsand memory card sockets. Staff said the batteries lasted two hours before requiring a recharge. They are not capable of downloading Apple applications from the iTunes Store. Staff at the Silk Street Market routinely offered the fakes for sale at 1,500 yuan but quickly reduced the asking price to 700. They were happy to sell as many as prospective customers were willing to buy. One sales assistant was willing to sell the device for 650 yuan and showed a document that put her cost price at 640 yuan. At every outlet China Daily visited, staff said the fakes were made at a factory in Shenzhen, the same city the genuine articles are made by Foxconn on behalf of Apple. When quizzed, staff said it would not be advisable to openly carry the device through an airport but should be hidden in the luggage. They said the management at the Silk Market had no problems with the fakes being sold. China Daily reported in April that the market wanted to drive out counterfeit name-brand goods after it terminated a lease on an area of the emporium that had been used to sell fake designer goods.Management at the venue, one of the capital’s biggest clothing markets, said they were eager to kill its reputation as the go-to place for cheap imitations of high-end designer goods.

Chinese eat Fat…

This may sound odd at first but let me explain. I am not saying that Chinese people are fat, for as we all know, they most definitely are not, and as Ellen Degeneris said, “They have the body fat of a Whippet.” But let me continue… What I mean to say is that Chinese, as a whole and without exception eat as if they were chunky, or to put it in a mean spirited way, they eat as if they were fat. Now you may ask why I am being so bold so as to make this assertion, please let me explain. I like fat people and have developed a bit of extra beef which I proudly display just above my belt line. But inside I am skinny and have never developed that all encompassing need to eat. With the exception of chocolate, to me eating is a chore or a habit, and oftentimes I forget if I’d eaten at all. This is what you would call the heart of a skinny person, and no I dont like to eat with the either, they have no passion nor zest for the act of stuffing food into their maws. But in China, although they be a skinny race, they eat like the most rotund , jolly faced chubby person you have ever seen. And actually , like addicts the world over, the process of them eating begins before the first bite. You can see them snatch up the menu as Pavolovian proof’sh saliva coats their lips and they plan on ordering the Chinese delicacies that they will soon be swishing about in their mouths. Their eyes scan the menu with sniper like precision as they pick and choose the exact combianation of sweet and sour, salt and garlic so as to force their mouths into an oral orgasm with the succulent dishes that China has to offer. To them, this is their foreplay, its the subtle flirtations with the dishes exposed on the menu, the leering glances that linger a bit too long on the Kung Pao Chicken as they decide whether tonight will be the night that they invite it to their plates. The waitresses too are part of this mental orgy as they prod, wait, patiently indulging the patrons on their mental journey into the world of gastronomy. Finally, the Chinese will place their order with that smug look of contentment , with the full knowledge that they are about to begin a delightful sojourn into the world of culinary richness. As for me, I’m happy with rice and gravy, and yeah, I hate eating with guys like me too, I’ve said it before.

Intellectual Property Farce in China- Faking the Ipad, Everyone is Involved

Here is a copy of an article in the Chinadaily. I have been here for a while, but I am still surprised. I’m not at all surprised that China is selling fake Ipads for less than U$ 100, but am surprised that the Chinadaily has the balls to put it on the front page of their digital edition. Let me explain… China entered the WTO or World Trade Organization, and in so doing, they were made to respect intellectual property rights and their protection. What this means is that the selling of fake goods should be discouraged at a minimum and hopefully be punished to the fullest extent of the law. But this is China, and for some reason we offer them ‘courtesies’ that we do not extend to other countries. For instance, the article below describes the sellign of ‘fake Ipads’, and does not attempt to skirt the fact that they are fake. In addition, the place where they are being sold, the silk market in Beijing, is less than 10 minutes from Tianenman, or the nations capital. So, how is it that China in good faith can claim that they are doing all that they can to protect intellecutal property when articles like this are being run? the answer, quite simply is that it is China and at present, the worlds dirty little secret. As long as we get cheap goods from Wal mart, we are willing to over look the hu.ma.n ri.gh.ts abuses, the abuse, the lack of law and so on. Some may say that this is too much to do about such a minor thing. Lets pretend that these fake Ipads were something like weed, yeah marijuana. How about an article from Mexico stating that they now have a better strain of weed, with a higher THC content, all for a cheaper price, and then they proceed to show people packing and shipping the weed to the US, all to be sold for a profit. I wonder how the US would react…. Of course some may say the above example is not as benign as selling fake Ipads, but Apple may disagree. And to me, as someone living here, it seems that the level of pirated goods is so extreme that not even the locals will trust the stores here. If they want to buy a Polo, they go to Hong Kong, this place has no credibility. But back to the story… So how is it that the chiandaily runs the article and the store shown and others mentioned are not immediately shut down for selling fake goods? In the west this would never fly, we adhere to a thing called ethics, or at least a fear of jail time. But this is China, the worlds dirty secret, where they can run a story like this and I bet, if I go to the silk market tonight, I will see that same lady selling the same product, and there will be no police intervention. China is growing and we need to learn, the world needs to rethink its China strategy…. Here is a copy of the article Fake iPads selling like hot cakes in Beijing (China Daily) Updated: 2010-08-14 10:06 Comments(8) PrintMail Large Medium Small Fake iPads displayed on a shelf in Silk Street Market, Beijing. Zou Hong / China Daily BEIJING – Fake iPads are flying off the shelves for as little as 650 yuan ($95.67) at Silk Street Market, a tourist hotspot in Beijing. Sales assistants at dozens of outlets on the fourth floor of the market vied with each other to attract customers and were more than eager to show off the device’s capabilities to anyone showing an interest. They happily described the products as fake but said they were just as good as the real thing. The fakes have the iconic Apple logo stamped on the back alongside the words “Made in China” and “Designed in China”. They come in boxes labeled iPad that feature a photograph of a genuine iPad screen on the top. Despite also bearing a stamp advertising that they have 64 gigabytes of memory, several assistants confided the devices only had 1 gigabyte and a memory card would be needed to increase storage and operating capacity. Genuine iPads sell from $499 in the United States and are marketed as the best way to experience the web, email, photos and video. They have a 9.7-inch multi-touch screen and can be used to download thousands of applications including book-reading software. The fakes at the Silk Street Market are slightly smaller and, when switched on, display a logo saying they run on Google’s Android system. A test of the product showed the Internet connectivity and WIFI functions worked very well, music and video could be downloaded and played and photos displayed well. All the fakes had USB portsand memory card sockets. Staff said the batteries lasted two hours before requiring a recharge. They are not capable of downloading Apple applications from the iTunes Store. Staff at the Silk Street Market routinely offered the fakes for sale at 1,500 yuan but quickly reduced the asking price to 700. They were happy to sell as many as prospective customers were willing to buy. One sales assistant was willing to sell the device for 650 yuan and showed a document that put her cost price at 640 yuan. At every outlet China Daily visited, staff said the fakes were made at a factory in Shenzhen, the same city the genuine articles are made by Foxconn on behalf of Apple. When quizzed, staff said it would not be advisable to openly carry the device through an airport but should be hidden in the luggage. They said the management at the Silk Market had no problems with the fakes being sold. China Daily reported in April that the market wanted to drive out counterfeit name-brand goods after it terminated a lease on an area of the emporium that had been used to sell fake designer goods.Management at the venue, one of the capital’s biggest clothing markets, said they were eager to kill its reputation as the go-to place for cheap imitations of high-end designer goods.

Chinese Waiting for a Bus- China Bus Stop Photo

Chinese Innovation – Photo of a Modern Day Rickshaw in China

I saw this contraption in China. There are about three passengers and the chauffeur. I cannot vouch for the security nor comfort of the ride, but I bet it was cheap.

Chinese Milk, Come and Get It….China’s Synutra Once Tainted with Melamine Now Implicated in ‘Baby Breasts’

That Chinese comany Syntura, who was ‘allegedly’ involved in the ‘alleged’ case of selling food that made young Chinese babies aged 4 to 15 months grow breasts, and not one year ago was part of China’s toxic milk scandal, is actually a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ. The company sells under the names :Super, U-Smart, and Helanruniu or Holsteina , but I do not know if they sell in the USA. In any event, this is quite scary and shows a few things. One, how prevalent the problems in some of China’s manufacturing are, and the potential for health risks in their products to the world as a whole. It also shows how the Chinese are now embedding themselves into the overseas markets ie. NASDAQ, to obtain dollars, and yet we in the US potentially have little or no idea nor insight into how these companies truly operate. Lastly, and most worrisome is the fact that they have been found not guilty of any wrongdoing. The last point may take some explaining. Why, you may ask, is this a bad thing? It has to do with credibility and transparency in Chinese companies. Remember the toxic milk scandal? It actually started before the Olympics but was swept under the rug then supposedly dealt with. Then last year and again this year, the toxic milk was found again, meaning that the problem was never properly dealt with. So, when we hear that this company was exonerated, what does it truly mean? Can we really trust the Chinese agencies who report that this company was not at fault, didnt we hear that about the mela-milk? I hope that it is true, and that this was all a big misunderstanding, but… To me the sad thing is that we all invest in stocks with a certain amount of trust in our markets and the people running our companies. We are betting our retirement money and future ability to live on them. It is bad enough when you have Americans playing games with our stocks, but at least we have a level of oversight, but when dealing with the Chinese, what do we know and what can we do? To me, the last point is the scariest thing of all. As for me, I live here, I do not drink milk and actually have curtailed my meat intake of all kinds, due to what friends have told me about the meat products here.