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Good luck on that. Does not sound like anything that I would ever want to be involved in in this country. The rule of law being all work in progress and whatnot. Not sure if behaviour like that of your opponent is a chinese phenomenon though. In the leading democracy of the world people are able to extort millions to billions out of people/companies because they were stupid enough to burn their fingers on a papercup with coffee or because they didnt know that smoking was not beneficial to their physical wellbeing. Human willingness to cry victim when they smell financial gain is universal, probably has been for a long time.
Really hope this will get sorted in a decent manner. Fingers crossed.
Good luck on that. Does not sound like anything that I would ever want to be involved in in this country. The rule of law being all work in progress and whatnot. Not sure if behaviour like that of your opponent is a chinese phenomenon though. In the leading democracy of the world people are able to extort millions to billions out of people/companies because they were stupid enough to burn their fingers on a papercup with coffee or because they didnt know that smoking was not beneficial to their physical wellbeing. Human willingness to cry victim when they smell financial gain is universal, probably has been for a long time.
Really hope this will get sorted in a decent manner. Fingers crossed.
Hey just drop me a PM. I just moved to Chengdu for my London employer and before i was working in Beijing for three years. There were hundreds of foreign architects in Beijing, here it’s bit more scarce. But thats good, more work for us.
I shall correct myself if I came across as being against political correctness per se. But I think the boundaries of this term should be openly discussed and debated every day. Also political correctness often operates on the level of language while the underlying issues dont just go away.
I shopped this add around my very white skin female friends in Beijing and it didnt really raise an eyebrow with them apart from the fact that they would never just stand around 8 hours for 500 Kwai. I can only imagine what the chinese event girl gets (probably not even 50% of that ammount)but that is the result of simple capitalism.
I was asked a few times if I wanted to attend business meetings to show a “white face”. That never materialized because I asked for the kind of cash that nobody was willing to pay.
It all boils down to what you are willing to do with your time and what you expect in exchange. I wouldnt really judge anyone going into that offer posted above it’s easy money after all.
China will not change to a western consensus by calling them racist. Time will do that and better educated Chinese and growing middle class Chinese will do that.
Still reject that sexism note though. This add exists in the US and Europe as well only its clouded in a language that can’t be legally attacked. It’s still the same though.
I dont think your mistake is a double standard.
IMHO your idea of racism and sexism is distorted.
It is not the case that standards in China are different in any respect, only the ads are written in a funnier and clumsier way.
Just one out of many examples about ‘sexism’:
The entire world’s fashion industry would be sexist according to your ethical standards and in that case my sympathies are clearly with the fashion industry.
A fellow architect. Good luck in Chengdu.
-I take pictures or screenshots of all relevant adresses written in mandarin and store them in a special folder on my smartphone so i can show the taxi driver.
-I have “Pleco” installed on my smart phone. Good mandarin translator.
-Learning the language is highly recommended. I never got to it in three years apart from basic conversation skills, and looking back that’s a shame really. Even if you think youre here only for short term, take classes anyway. 80% chance is that you will stay longer.
Yes I met them in London when they were presenting the book. Great insights. And very nice approach.
Yes I met them in London when they were presenting the book. Great insights. And very nice approach.
Apart from complaining about a book i won’t read, I throw in this book:
An excellent portrayal of China’s Mid Tier cities and their rapid urban transformation process. Written not only for Architects I would say.
Apart from complaining about a book i won’t read, I throw in this book:
An excellent portrayal of China’s Mid Tier cities and their rapid urban transformation process. Written not only for Architects I would say.
Well I wouldnt really want to opinionate about a book I haven’t read. I just wanted to give an insight for the reasons why I wouldnt even consider reading it. That would be:
The poor presentation by the author, the negative reviews dealing with the content of the book, and this quote which I find not only offensive but it also shows the author’s extremely narrow perspective:
“Unless it attempts to do so by force, China is never going to shape the world. It is just another backward, bitter, idiosyncratic, xenophobic, despotic, intellectually impoverished nation-state; one effectively devoid of tact, charm, grace, creativity, or emotional intelligence, and to that end, it is definitely not unique.”
It’s like travelling to the Appalachians then concluding: “Hey American are nothing but religious fanatics and meth abusing racist rednecks with mountain dew teeth”
Well I wouldnt really want to opinionate about a book I haven’t read. I just wanted to give an insight for the reasons why I wouldnt even consider reading it. That would be:
The poor presentation by the author, the negative reviews dealing with the content of the book, and this quote which I find not only offensive but it also shows the author’s extremely narrow perspective:
“Unless it attempts to do so by force, China is never going to shape the world. It is just another backward, bitter, idiosyncratic, xenophobic, despotic, intellectually impoverished nation-state; one effectively devoid of tact, charm, grace, creativity, or emotional intelligence, and to that end, it is definitely not unique.”
It’s like travelling to the Appalachians then concluding: “Hey American are nothing but religious fanatics and meth abusing racist rednecks with mountain dew teeth”
