http://www.bloggernews.net/14974 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/14974#comment-845086 yoyo Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:54:52 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/14974#comment-845086 I can’t believe you write so much drival! I scanned through most of your articles and all I can say is, “You have NO CLUE” about China. I lived there for five years (2001 to 2006) and nearly everything you write is from such a biased view point of what I would call “Idiotexpatitis”. I am quite certain that you: 1.have never eaten at an average Chinese restaurant (the ones where CHinese eat, NOT laowai) 2.have never socialized with “real” Chinese (not just the ones with college degrees) 3. never bothered to learn much more than how to say “yes, no, where is the toilet” in Mandarin 4.know what “guanxi” is or how to go about developing it 5. have ever been into a real, average Chinese person’s home 6. find standing in close proximity to a group of average Chinese people a horrible experience 7. think that eating at the Banana Leaf is truly an authentic “Asian” experience 8. feel demeaned when you have to use a Chinese squat toilet 9. look dumbfounded when a well mannered Chinese asks you “mei guanxi” and then they mutter “ben dan” as they walk away 10. can’t understand why so many Chinese laugh at you, smiling all the while when you are in their presence I can’t believe you write so much drival! I scanned through most of your articles and all I can say is, “You have NO CLUE” about China. I lived there for five years (2001 to 2006) and nearly everything you write is from such a biased view point of what I would call “Idiotexpatitis”. I am quite certain that you:
1.have never eaten at an average Chinese restaurant (the ones where CHinese eat, NOT laowai)
2.have never socialized with “real” Chinese (not just the ones with college degrees)
3. never bothered to learn much more than how to say “yes, no, where is the toilet” in Mandarin
4.know what “guanxi” is or how to go about developing it
5. have ever been into a real, average Chinese person’s home
6. find standing in close proximity to a group of average Chinese people a horrible experience
7. think that eating at the Banana Leaf is truly an authentic “Asian” experience
8. feel demeaned when you have to use a Chinese squat toilet
9. look dumbfounded when a well mannered Chinese asks you “mei guanxi” and then they mutter “ben dan” as they walk away
10. can’t understand why so many Chinese laugh at you, smiling all the while when you are in their presence

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