GuestBob

Feb 09, 2014 16:03

Articles : GuestBob commented on news Breaking China’s One Child Policy: Detailing Cai Zhiqi’s Firing From University

That's in the public sector only, the article should note that but it doesn't. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Jan 15, 2014 13:19

Around China : GuestBob commented on news Australian Detained in Fuzhou on Suspicion of Illegal Employment

What's wrong with a legally legitimate business reporting a competitor who is operating illegally? Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Jan 08, 2014 16:47

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

My posts are fake now are they? How did you deduce that one Sherlock? Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 31, 2013 09:33

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

If you read my last post more carefully you'll see that I too live in a third tier city (we get the "D" number plate) in a second rate province. It's there on the top line, if you squint hard you might catch it. Whether or not you asked for help, you really seem to need it. You keep talking about things like clothes ... Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 30, 2013 21:43

Around China : GuestBob commented on news China’s President Xi Jinping Lines Up to Buy Steamed Buns

This is going to make life difficult for village chiefs who want to have their own private motorcade. I am sure that government agenda is planned a couple of years in advance and that many of the substantive policies which are in action now were determined quite some time ago but you have to admit that in those ... Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 30, 2013 13:21

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

The problem isn't with China, it's with you. I live in a third tier city ( Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 28, 2013 12:41

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

That's a shame, I was hoping you were going get hysterical about being unable to perform another everyday task: banks, post offices, public transport...any of these things would have been good. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 28, 2013 12:26

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

I think you rather enjoy having the last word. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 28, 2013 09:03

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

Well as you've asked for some basic life skills tips, here's one: don't buy all your clothes from a tailor, markets and low end department stores carry everything you need for your basic wardrobe and general work clothes. As everyone is apparently underweight, there shouldn't be much of a problem finding the correct ... Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 27, 2013 12:27

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

Are you suggesting that there should be articles about how to buy trousers and generic medicines? I think most people have mastered these Herculean labours. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 25, 2013 18:38

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

I like how heavily qualified mashed potatoes is. I mean, "try" implies difficulty and the possibility of failure and I actually don't understand how someone could fail to mash a potato. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 25, 2013 12:34

Articles : GuestBob commented on news Happy Hour or Bad Hour?: Booze Drinking Culture in China

I am pretty sure that there's plenty of expats who will reward you for confirming their prejudices and validating their distorted world world views. If we criticize them for writing racist post then we will be ignored as uninitiated and green. If we play along then it confirms that we are unable to make balanced ... Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 25, 2013 12:33

Articles : GuestBob commented on news Happy Hour or Bad Hour?: Booze Drinking Culture in China

I am pretty sure that there's plenty of expats who will reward you for confirming their prejudices and validating their distorted world world views. If we criticize them for writing racist post then we will be ignored as uninitiated and green. If we play along then it confirms that we are unable to make balanced ... Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 25, 2013 10:00

Articles : GuestBob commented on news Happy Hour or Bad Hour?: Booze Drinking Culture in China

I don't think people would join a club to hang out with other expats. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 24, 2013 23:29

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

But you still haven't told me why pudding makes you so sad and angry? Why are you upset by people making cookies? Is it because you're not making cookies? I think you should make some cookies. Make some cookies. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 24, 2013 19:26

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

Why are you so sad and angry about pudding? Is pudding a metaphor for everything that's wrong with China? Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 24, 2013 13:24

Articles : GuestBob commented on news China’s International Image and Influence: What Foreigners “Really” Think

I wouldn't be so quick to write off the economic know-how of the leaders of the most financially successful nation in the world today. Chinese leaders come into their jobs better prepared than most because they've been on the "leadership track" for years. True, there's a massive, dumb, inert bureaucracy to deal with ... Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 24, 2013 11:50

Articles : GuestBob commented on news China’s International Image and Influence: What Foreigners “Really” Think

This is going to be an interesting 50 years for China - Li is going to need all of that PhD in economics to transition away from the unsustainable boom of the late 90s and 00s (don't mention the inflation, shhh). Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 23, 2013 09:14

Articles : GuestBob commented on news Coming in from the Cold: Dealing with Winter in China

Drink hot water. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 22, 2013 12:03

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

Let's have a whinge war about why it's wrong to enjoy cooking. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 22, 2013 10:31

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

To prepare your JayKnox brand instant TV dinner, simply add half a cup of bitter laowai tears and stew resentfully for several hours in an expat bubble. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 21, 2013 11:43

Articles : GuestBob commented on news No Oven in China? Try These 5 Non-Oven Recipes

Your point about the ingredients is certainly true but if your culinary outlook is limited by an inability to shop for yourself, failure to clean your kitchen and a lack of awareness regarding how to operate some simple cooking appliances then you are a giant man/woman-child. I certainly don't subsist on a diet of ... Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Dec 17, 2013 12:14

Articles : GuestBob commented on news Report Reveals What Chinese Look for in a Soul Mate （Part 2）

The point about successive salaries is backwards. Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Nov 28, 2013 10:05

Around China : GuestBob commented on news 24 Giraffes on Special Flight from South Africa Arrive in Kunming

How long do you give it before "netizens" will be reacting to a government official in Kunming riding one of these things? Full Comment>>

GuestBob

Nov 25, 2013 10:27

Articles : GuestBob commented on news 6 Conversations You Never Thought You’d Have With Your Neighbors But Do

Do you have to do this? Full Comment>>