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Are fireworks legal there and do they sell them all year long?

Yeah you'll occasionally hear fireworks at night.

Can you feel the glorious communism in everyday life of the working class? Do they smile all the time like on the posters?

[QUOTE=G3rman;43121843]Can you feel the glorious communism in everyday life of the working class? Do they smile all the time like on the posters?[/QUOTE] No, they just stare with a sort of mild discontent.

[QUOTE] Really slow. Think 2004 internet - on the cusp of high speed but not quite there. Facebook, Youtube and blogs are censored. Everyone's an asshole in China but nobody really gives a shit.[/QUOTE] Time to download yourself a copy of TOR or get yourself a VPN!

Be sure to wear a mask, my man. The air was severely polluted! 你还是学普通话吧，学广东话你只能和很少一部分人交流，嘿嘿。 有点班门弄斧了你。 To get to know about real China, ask me, cuz I am a native. Lol [editline]10th December 2013[/editline] Man！If you wanna learn some real Mandarin, perhaps I could be your teacher in that I 'm both fluent in Chinese and English. 你有qq号没啊。 [editline]10th December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Abrown516;43110104]I have friends that are Chinese I visited Shanghai for a month with them the summer before last. Also visited Hangzhou, Nanjing, Beijing, and Luzhi. I'd consider studying there if I was paid a lot (because apparently you get paid a lot if you actually study there instead of doing abroad studying) but I'm not sure if I would be comfortable with the living conditions.[/QUOTE] Think twice before you decide to study in China. Half of China are suffering from mist so that the air is highly toxic, which can even induce lung cancer. If you come over here, the first prize for you, I am 100% sure, will be an egregious infection of your resporatory system. Because the pollution here is fatal, life-threatening. If you really hope to be here, remember to choose southern cities, where the pollution is lighter.

I went to China for a two week course in Shanghai Maritime University a couple of years back. Me and the rest of my fellow students were living on campus, and every morning at 7.00 am SHARP, they would start blaring marching music and very entheuastic sounding speeches at high volume from hundreds of speakers hidden in the campus lawns. Have you come across anything like that at your college? edit: Also they made a big deal out of segregating sexes. Girls had to be home in their dorm building at 10 pm, where they would get locked up behind a big fence, which was guarded by uniformed guards and dogs at night. I got a bit sad one evening, seeing a young couple on each side of he fence trying to hold hands. edit again: Do you feel you get special treatment (positive) as a white foreigner? The campus faculty was very strict with Chinese students, but white foreigners seemed to be able to do anything they wanted. I met some American Maersk cadets who told me about how they had gone to great lengths to find out how far they could go, like pissing off the dorm balconies, drinking in public, and being generally loud and rude, but the locals always just nodded and smiled.

[QUOTE=Steff;43128989]Do you feel you get special treatment (positive) as a white foreigner? The campus faculty was very strict with Chinese students, but white foreigners seemed to be able to do anything they wanted. I met some American Maersk cadets who told me about how they had gone to great lengths to find out how far they could go, like pissing off the dorm balconies, drinking in public, and being generally loud and rude, but the locals always just nodded and smiled.[/QUOTE] Well on the second day there we went to the biggest club in Hangzhou (called G+) wearing tshirts and jeans. Meanwhile everyone else was wearing suits and Korean high fashion. We get free or discounted drinks etc. In day to day life though no, I don't have any privilege. In fact there were a few times where being a foreigner made it harder (apart from language): some Chinese restaurants just didn't want to serve us, or made it clear we were to pay and leave. I think the Chinese people I saw are still a bit negatively racist towards foreigners but at the same time they think it's cool to be friends with a foreigner, like it increases their status and gives them some sort of privilege. [editline]9th December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Steff;43128989]Have you come across anything like that at your college?[/QUOTE] I'm at the University of Hong Kong. No visitors to dorms between 11pm-7am, but that's about it. Alcohol is banned but nobody (students nor guards) pay attention. Hong Kong isn't China. [editline]9th December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=amentothatt;43123604]你有qq号没啊。[/QUOTE] 2261918345

Man! I've added you to my contact list lol. Your Qzone reveals that you are infinitely popular among your newly-made Chinese friends. LOL. You should reply to them. Courtesy, you know.

[QUOTE=amentothatt;43131617]Man! I've added you to my contact list lol. Your Qzone reveals that you are infinitely popular among your newly-made Chinese friends. LOL. You should reply to them. Courtesy, you know.[/QUOTE] I can't read Chinese that well haha, I just accept everyone on Messenger and haven't checked qzone in forever

[QUOTE=amentothatt;43123604]Think twice before you decide to study in China. Half of China are suffering from mist so that the air is highly toxic, which can even induce lung cancer. If you come over here, the first prize for you, I am 100% sure, will be an egregious infection of your resporatory system. Because the pollution here is fatal, life-threatening. If you really hope to be here, remember to choose southern cities, where the pollution is lighter.[/QUOTE] I remember days in China where the smog would be really bad, but I never noticed breathing it. I only remember the reduced visibility and the humidity.

I personally dislike going back to mainland china the feeling of the city and the people is so different to Hong Kong which i prefer a lot more to also if you have the time i highly suggest going to Macau for fun gambling times and other museum stuff but who cares about that

[QUOTE=striker453;43154187]I personally dislike going back to mainland china the feeling of the city and the people is so different to Hong Kong which i prefer a lot more to also if you have the time i highly suggest going to Macau for fun gambling times and other museum stuff but who cares about that[/QUOTE] My penis larger than yours

[QUOTE=Super2Donny;43095761]Beijing is really the only place with bad air pollution[/QUOTE] Um have you been to New York Unless you're just talking about China, in which case I don't know anything about it and can't debate.

Do they teach martial arts in school? Or is it something they do at Dojo's out side of the schooling atmosphere?

[QUOTE=DirtyFish;43174621]Do they teach martial arts in school? Or is it something they do at Dojo's out side of the schooling atmosphere?[/QUOTE] They do. I went to Jinhua one day to meet a friend at her university and she was late to meet me because she had martial arts. She called it just 'physical education' but I saw them all doing kungfu stances etc. It's weird as hell, I know

[QUOTE=Disseminate;43177474]They do. I went to Jinhua one day to meet a friend at her university and she was late to meet me because she had martial arts. She called it just 'physical education' but I saw them all doing kungfu stances etc. It's weird as hell, I know[/QUOTE] thats not weird, thats cool as hell

So are you the karate kid yet

[QUOTE=amentothatt;43123604]Think twice before you decide to study in China. Half of China are suffering from mist so that the air is highly toxic, which can even induce lung cancer. If you come over here, the first prize for you, I am 100% sure, will be an egregious infection of your resporatory system. Because the pollution here is fatal, life-threatening. If you really hope to be here, remember to choose southern cities, where the pollution is lighter.[/QUOTE] If I ever were to visit China, I'd buy one of those surplus soviet gas masks and like a 500 pack of the best filter canisters, like the ones that filter out radioactive particles.

the hangover How much of an army presence is there around the streets, if any? I've always been curious. maybe Disseminate has been killed. :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43220556]If I ever were to visit China, I'd buy one of those surplus soviet gas masks and like a 500 pack of the best filter canisters, like the ones that filter out radioactive particles.[/QUOTE] Bit of overkill, it's not THAT bad if you're just visiting, and only present near big cities. I'll post a photo later from Shanghai when I was there the day after the record smog was recorded. [editline]18th December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=aeeeerse;43223062]the hangover How much of an army presence is there around the streets, if any? I've always been curious. maybe Disseminate has been killed. :tinfoil:[/QUOTE] Lots near important areas, not much in general. In Hangzhou I saw one small group jogging down the street in total but in Beijing when I was near Tiananmen there was a soldier every 10 meters

-snip- [editline]21st December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43220556]If I ever were to visit China, I'd buy one of those surplus soviet gas masks and like a 500 pack of the best filter canisters, like the ones that filter out radioactive particles.[/QUOTE] I already did, lol. [IMG]http://www.picrz.com/images/2013/12/20/psb.jpg[/IMG]

Go to one of the HK street vendors and get some starfish. post results. What's the weirdest thing you saw a street vendor cooking?