China:::They Ain't All Bad

[Faboba]

Originally posted by Sprayber


Hey, I live in a small city that is surrounded by rice and cotton farms. It has nothing to do with where you are, but what you have been told about other people.

And let me guess, it insults you to be stereotyped as a brainless idiot who believes whatever others tell them, no doubts as it would offend the rice farmers in remoter regions of China to be reffered to as the same way.

In China as in all places, the are those who mindlessly believe what they are told, but there are far more who question.

[Transcend]

David, Chinese ceased their xenophobism long time ago. Well, maybe not against the Japanese who dropped tons of Anthrax on Chinese villages and towns during the WW2.

[Faboba]

Originally posted by Transcend
David, Chinese ceased their xenophobism long time ago. Well, maybe not against the Japanese who dropped tons of Anthrax on Chinese villages and towns during the WW2.

Though its hard not to notice that the Japanese way of life has altered incredibly since that time, and those anatgonisms though justly founded are perhaps outdated and best forgotten.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Chris 62
Are you sure she wasn't a UR DL?

oh well, I guess anything is possible.


Faboba:

And let me guess, it insults you to be stereotyped as a brainless idiot who believes whatever others tell them, no doubts as it would offend the rice farmers in remoter regions of China to be reffered to as the same way.

Exactly where have I said that the rice farmers in the remote regions of China are anything? If I'm not mistaken I said people are basically the same everywhere and only view things according to how they were taught to. Anyway, this is a fun thread. It has nothing to do with rice farmers here, there or on the moon. It has to do with a very sweet and lovely girl from a Chinese city who doesn't seem to have near as many hang ups as people around here do.

[mindseye]

Besides, she could watch CNN and find out more

Actually, few Chinese can watch CNN on television. CNN.com is blocked by the national internet firewall.

I believe they call non-Chinese "foreign devils"?

That's really a thing of the past. Now we are usually called waiguoren ("foreigner") or sometimes laowai (something like"respected foreigner").

Though its hard not to notice that the Japanese way of life has altered incredibly since that time, and those anatgonisms though justly founded are perhaps outdated and best forgotten.

Forgotten? You must have missed the recent controversies over the latest Japanese history textbook, the Prime Minister's visit to the war hero's shrine, Tokyo's handling of lawsuits involving wartime forced prostitution, etc. The issues are still very much alive for many in China and South Korea. However, young Japanese and Chinese do not seem to be much affected.

[Sprayber]

Just got through talking to her about Civ. And I don't even play the bloody game, but I figured that it was easier then trying to explain SMAC to her. She seemed interested in it but I have no idea when it would get there or if you could even get civ2 there or not. Anyway I we didn't talk long, she was sick and had to lay down. It's cool how the computer brings people together from opposite sides of the globe. Oh, and voice chat is great.

She even likes sci-fi stuff.

[Adam Smith]

Your English is better than my Chinese would be if I studied it full time

Got that right.

Wo shi waiguoren, ni ne?

[Victor Galis]

"Actually, few Chinese can watch CNN on television. CNN.com is blocked by the national internet firewall."

-I believe I've heard it reffered to as the Great Firewall of China.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Adam Smith
Got that right.

Wo shi waiguoren, ni ne?

Ye shi waiguoren. Ni shi naguoren?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Chris 62
Are you sure she wasn't a UR DL?

Oh, Sprayber was whom my former roommate's bother-in-law's aunt's cousin's uncle's next door neighbour's sister talked to.

[Adam Smith]

UR:

Ta bu4 shi4 Zhongguo2 ren2??
Wo3 shi4 Mei3guo2 ren2.
Wo3 you3 liang3 ge nu3 hai2zi.
Tamen shi4 Zhongguo2 ren2.
Xingqi tian wo3men xue2 Zhongguo2 wen2.
Wo3 shuo yi2 dia3nr, xie3 yi2 dia3nr, zhidao2 er2 shi2 Zhongguo2 zi2.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Adam Smith
UR:

Ta bu4 shi4 Zhongguo2 ren2??
Wo3 shi4 Mei3guo2 ren2.
Wo3 you3 liang3 ge nu3 hai2zi.
Tamen shi4 Zhongguo2 ren2.
Xingqi tian wo3men xue2 Zhongguo2 wen2.
Wo3 shuo yi2 dia3nr, xie3 yi2 dia3nr, zhidao2 er2 shi2 Zhongguo2 zi2.

My pinyin is definitely worse than yours

I think I got what you're saying after staring at the screen for minutes.

Just some nitpicks:

"yi2 dai3nr" is probably "yi2 dain3" if you want to say "a bit." "Dain3r" is mainly used by Beijingeses (those who were born in Beijing, or those who learned the local dialect).

"Zhongguo2 wen2" is not wrong but not the way it's customarily used. "Zhong wen2" is the standard form.

Shuo de bu cuo

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Oh, Sprayber was whom my former roommate's bother-in-law's aunt's cousin's uncle's next door neighbour's sister talked to.

Exactly where are you located at?

Speaking of family. She was slightly depressed that she only got to see her family ever so often. This was after I mentioned that I was visiting mine this weekend.

And I'll let all those other things pass without comments since I don't have a clue as to what you are talking about.

*goes off to find a Chinese to English dictionary*

[MasterBob The Elder]

No, No, No, you mistaken the Evil(and frankly quite moronic) communist government's agenda of taking over the world with what regular chinese citizens want(money).

[monolith94]

Two years ago, I met Chris, a Chinese foreign exchange student to America. They're not suppossed to stay, they're suppossed to return to their home country. . .

He stayed.

He's currently in some New Mexico college or Arizona and doing really well.

He believed that the Dalai Lama was an evil-bandit figure when he came over here.

I consider him a success story.

By the way, does anyone know about the Chinese pyramids?