"@Her_royal_Highness: Actually, the first condoms I ever saw when I was in lower school were Sanrio (the parent company for Miss Kitty) ones with that little bug-eyed monkey and his lady friend on the front."
"@LipstickLibrarian: In Chinese, to refer to a "white" person and a "black" person, people use two words that are exactly opposite: the Chinese word for white is associated with purity and beauty and black is associated with illicitness/wickedness and undesirable or fearsome things.
So of COURSE I get pissed when people should out "hei ren, hei ren" ("black girl, black girl") on the street, in line, or getting on the subway."
"Um, at least in present day China, you'll see a white woman and her make-believe hubby hawking some product in English before you'll see any shade of brown hawking that same product.
Why?"
"@topsy: "I can only hope that this is beginning of the worst Olympics in modern history."
You are not alone with this sentiment - a lot of expats here in Beijing want nothing to do with the Olympics and can't wait to see them crash and burn and hopefully allow the world to see the horrible conditions that people are struggling along under over here."
"@stoprobbers: I've asked so many of my Chinese friends why don't they do something to try and change the corruption and overall ineffectiveness of the government here and there are some major sentiments echoed again and again:
1) You're taught at an early age to mind your own business and worry about yourself."
Another China resident?! I just messaged 3cardkitty who lives in Beijing. I'm in Beijing as well. And you? Do we have a small Jez clique in BJ? Should I even be using the word clique in case we sound like terrorists? :) I'm here working at a law firm doing employment & labor. I've only been here a few months. How about you?
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