Suck on that Zhao Ban di, another Chinese cultural icon raped and pillaged by the western imperialists.
OSPOP have remade the classic worker sneaker, sported by Chinese migrant workers everywhere as fashion plimsolls. WTF is a Plimsoll? I had to ask too, it’s a rubber-soled canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers [...]
Wierd: Took a Suzhou taxi today with seat belts.
Passive Aggressive: Mainland officials refuse to refer to Taiwanese athletes as Zhonghua Taipei (ethnic Chinese) instead Zhongguo Taipei implying ownership and governance. Still insist there is no place in sport for politics.
Sad: U2, Beastie Boys and Radiohead are among the groups Chinese may never see on their [...]
Today I took the 1.5 hour drive to Nantong for a meeting to find the meeting, despite my efforts to triple-confirm had been “re-scheduled”. Nantong, not seeming like the sightseeing type of place I promptly headed back to Suzhou. A wasted morning, I may as well have spent the morning wasted.
After which I had [...]
One of the frustrating things many foreigners find about living in China is the seeming inability to engage the locals in rational debate or express constructive critisism of their nations policies without elicitng an angry response, upsetting somebody or getting ejected from the dinner party.
Thanks to Jerimiah, when a Chinese person asks me whether I [...]
Today I completed my registration with the local PSB and it wasn’t as easy as I would have expected for a mandatory requirement for every foreigner in China within 24 hours of arrival.
Where is my local PSB?
Real Estate Agent (who rented me my apartment) and building management both couldn’t tell me where my friendly local [...]
