The China Thread
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Look, she already crashed one car so bad she needs a wheelchair. Are we sure it's a good idea to put her back on the road?
The duality of the Chang needs deeper learning. On the one side their inferiority complex makes the Chinese quite literally fork over their parents life savings to gain a residence permit in the West and get out of that sinkhole. Moreover they routinely hide their Mainlander heritage to save the embarrassment and to not lose face, instead pretending to be Taiwanese, Hong Konger or Japanese. Yet on the other hand Chinese love to go to foreign places and wave their commie flag as if it's some sort of propaganda victory and proof of CHINA STRONK.
There are tons of videos of this practice in developed nations, especially Japan is a frequent victim. Per usual Japanese city dwellers feel annoyed, yet don't create a scene and just pretend the nouveau riche rice pickers don't exist. Same happens in South Korea, the US, Canada, Australia, etc. However, sometimes the Chang and his flag travel to more primitive and simple places, like Mongolia or Pakistan. That's when it gets interesting. Locals over there really don't appreciate that type of antics, and they don't have much to lose anyway.
Proof is in the pudding below. Word of advice: stop dorking around with you knock off McDonald's flag, stop provoking locals, and stop making everything political by parroting stale and easily debunked CCP lies that were drummed into your subconscious from kindergarten age. Follow these three rules and you will be fine.
There are tons of videos of this practice in developed nations, especially Japan is a frequent victim. Per usual Japanese city dwellers feel annoyed, yet don't create a scene and just pretend the nouveau riche rice pickers don't exist. Same happens in South Korea, the US, Canada, Australia, etc. However, sometimes the Chang and his flag travel to more primitive and simple places, like Mongolia or Pakistan. That's when it gets interesting. Locals over there really don't appreciate that type of antics, and they don't have much to lose anyway.
Proof is in the pudding below. Word of advice: stop dorking around with you knock off McDonald's flag, stop provoking locals, and stop making everything political by parroting stale and easily debunked CCP lies that were drummed into your subconscious from kindergarten age. Follow these three rules and you will be fine.
Silver at $90+ in the Shanghai market, $75 at COMEX in NY.
Also - a multi-million dollar inventory being laid out and sold on a city sidewalk like a bunch of vegetables, without any serious protection... Imagine this being done in any city in W. Europe or N. America...
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This info is outdated, the value proposition for the Chinese middle or upper class to emigrate to N. America or W. Europe is getting less attractive every year. It makes no sense for an expat from Shanghai or Beijing to buy real estate in the inflated markets of CA, Vancouver or Sydney while their home markets and currency is severely undervalued. Not to mention the types of expenses they will have with healthcare or education in the West.
It might still be a good value proposition for the bottom tier in China to emigrate though, especially if they can tap into the western social welfare package for mass immigration, though Chinese immigrants tend to be more industrious than the average immigrant.
For retirees as well, they would be better off moving to China especially if they are of Chinese or Asian descent.
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Only an absolute moron would sell a precious metal by spreading it across the floor in the open.
I doubt this photo is accurate.
It's real, and it's spectacular, to quote that 90s Jewish comedy show.... The scene is right outside the main metal market mall in Shenzhen. The silver supply coming in is just being turned over by the merchants before it even gets into their stores in that building.
The scene above is shown and described at the 6min mark in this video:
Several big banks in the US are being held in a short squeeze on silver as demand for physical silver has soared between heavy industrial use, central banks in China, Russia and other countries buying, and now individual savers getting into a buying frenzy.
It's a battle between JP Morgan and Chinese aunties, wild times.
LOL...the video you posted as "evidence" talks about how a lot of the silver sold in China is fake.,
Gee, how did the real estate in Vancouver and Sydney get so inflated? Was it hot Chinese money? lol
"A lot" is most likely under 1%, and with online sales, because if you're in the bullion business with a brick and mortar setup and sell a product that is fake, you are toast.
That video was from an anti-China channel, they have to work that bit in.
Anti-China - a term used by the CCPEE worshiping wumaos for anything other than China-glorifying.
Selling silver bars off the pavement like they were knock-off Guçcî bags does raise eyebrows.
I'm sure a reputable precious metals seller would never risk their reputation by debasing their bars, but likewise they wouldn't sell on the pavement.
This is being presented as if the reason for curbside vending is the market is so hot, but there's another obvious implication.
I'm sure a reputable precious metals seller would never risk their reputation by debasing their bars, but likewise they wouldn't sell on the pavement.
This is being presented as if the reason for curbside vending is the market is so hot, but there's another obvious implication.
Very good video from a girl in China for eating out. She shows the details of what's going on, including prices. The comments in the thread are repetitive, but informative.
Naturally I am suspicious of the quality of the food, but that aside she paid 23元 ($3.50) for a drink at a different place, then 60元 ($8.50) for her solo hot pot meal. There are some pros and cons to the whole experience of ordering with QR codes and sitting alone bugman style, but the setup had a lot of nice touches that she explained.
These prices are in line with my experiences there 10 years ago and are that low because of how little they pay the staff. I think much less than half of Chinese city residents could afford to eat at this price level (85元 / $12) because they're working in restaurants with low pay.
Look closely at this woman in order to understand the bigger picture of eating out in China. She doesn't like to cook at home, so she's obviously single and in her late 20's, so she's a sheng nu or old maid to be unmarried at that age
Her skin is typically in very bad shape, especially her lips. This is from the problems in China with the air, water and food. I knew a girl just like this who looked as bad: skin, hair, posture and voice. She went to California for two months and when she came back I could not recognize her, including her voice, because the improvements were all so profound.
Naturally I am suspicious of the quality of the food, but that aside she paid 23元 ($3.50) for a drink at a different place, then 60元 ($8.50) for her solo hot pot meal. There are some pros and cons to the whole experience of ordering with QR codes and sitting alone bugman style, but the setup had a lot of nice touches that she explained.
These prices are in line with my experiences there 10 years ago and are that low because of how little they pay the staff. I think much less than half of Chinese city residents could afford to eat at this price level (85元 / $12) because they're working in restaurants with low pay.
Look closely at this woman in order to understand the bigger picture of eating out in China. She doesn't like to cook at home, so she's obviously single and in her late 20's, so she's a sheng nu or old maid to be unmarried at that age
Her skin is typically in very bad shape, especially her lips. This is from the problems in China with the air, water and food. I knew a girl just like this who looked as bad: skin, hair, posture and voice. She went to California for two months and when she came back I could not recognize her, including her voice, because the improvements were all so profound.
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The experience of solo QR eating with the isolated stall, conveyor belt and minimal interaction with staff is pretty much imported from Japan, the land of overworked introverts. It's funny how that has also crept in in many western cities, mostly in newer Japanese restaurants, those places are popular with young introverts and solo diners.
Eating out is cheap in China because all costs are low, not just labor, COGS or food already is pretty cheap at the retail level, wholesale must be incredibly cheap. Commercial rent is very cheap as well for the average eatery and places in malls, as is their utility bill.
I'm a pretty discriminating eater, and am still puzzled by your assessment of the quality of food in China. Even if you don't love Chinese food, you can get things like a roast duck or BBQ pork that any meat lover can really appreciate.
I love all that, but over a period of years I saw that food & drink fraud, and low quality cookware leeching aluminum, was the norm there, and the effects of it on my own health were obvious, as well as it apparently affecting others.
When you get a bowl of thin slices of meat for hot pot, you have no idea of the origin and this is not theoretical. It comes from experience, a lot of which has been captured on video and is floating around. OG Chinese diners prefer fowl because the bones attest to it being less likely fake than other meats and is probably why KFC has become much more popular there than McDonald's.
There seems to be a consensus of awareness of the quality problems of Chinese food, just as there is of Indian food, and American food, all of which have their particular areas of concern. I've been following this for years and am probably a lot more aware and concerned about it than most people because food from all three of those groups have caused me trouble.
If you're not in the health field, nor you & your family affected, this could be under your radar, but it's still there and common knowledge with lots of references readily available.
KFC is also more popular than McDonalds in Japan, it is more a matter of fried chicken being closer to local Asian tastes than burgers.
A lot of the criticism of China and Chinese society tends to be based on features that are common across east Asia, like your post about the introverted dining experience, or the cultural insularity, or the brutally demanding school system. Those are all east Asian cultural characteristics.
You're probably right about KFC. That's a much better explanation for the primary reason for its popularity in China and Japan. BTW, my own experience with chicken in China is much, much better than in the USA, where I would say that what is commonly sold here has so much more detrimental effect than nutritious that it should be avoided entirely, whereas chicken, pigeon, duck and goose in China was always good and I actually miss it.
However, the criticism of China that fits into East Asian cultural characteristics is about intensity, extremity and frequency and not a misunderstanding of an overall baseline that exists in several different countries.
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