robaird
  • I live inSuzhou
  • NationalityNew Zealand
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robaird

Sep 01, 2016 17:03

Around China : robaird commented on news Chinese Stock Markets Overtake Europe’s, Taking 16% of the Global Equity Pie

What's so funny? Leverage is the first word Chinese students of finance learn. Equity is a non sequitur for mainland investors . Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 18:58

Around China : robaird commented on news Hengshui, Hebei Requires the Impossible: No Charge Stations but Taxis Must All Be Electric Cars

Ever taken a taxi in Hebei province? Rust buckets with a chimney smoking behind the wheel. Didi must be laughing their tits off at this news. Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 18:48

Around China : robaird commented on news Drug Dealer in Hunan Brought the Goods with Her at Arraignment

Wait a minute, didn't this occur years ago? Are you regurgitating old news?! Colour my shocked /s Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 17:27

Around China : robaird commented on news Yulin Truck Driver’s Buddy Risks His Life to Cover Up License Plates

Toll evasion. Remember the case of some trucker who racked up more than a million kuai in toll charges a few years back and later 'fessed up to the evasion after being caught doing something similar to these two wingnuts? Whatever happened to him? Gets three meals a day and labours in a camp rolling cigarettes that ... Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 17:16

Articles : robaird commented on news 3 Cheap Travel Websites for Booking Your Summer Holiday From China

Here's a challenge: try signing up on Agoda and then try to unsubscribe to their daily newsletter. Pro tip: Don't! There is no unsubscribe option. Deliberately. Chinese owned Singaporean-based aggregator travel site which owes in excess of US$35 million in unsettled claims to unsatisified consumers, hoteliers and ... Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 17:08

Articles : robaird commented on news 3 Cheap Travel Websites for Booking Your Summer Holiday From China

Agoda is a scam, but good luck with that. Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 16:11

Articles : robaird commented on news Does China's Materialistic Image Really Represent Most Chinese?

Didn't he also say "man with hands in pockets feels cocky all day?" Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 15:53

Articles : robaird commented on news 12 Traffic Violations that Will Cost You Your Chinese Drivers’ License

Not to mention intercity high-speed trains. Garlic-breathed yokels and their brood of seatless progeny running semi clad on a vehicle traveling in excess of 250 kph beggars the imagination. Full Comment>>

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robaird

Aug 09, 2016 15:45

Articles : robaird commented on news 12 Traffic Violations that Will Cost You Your Chinese Drivers’ License

"Driving while Chinese" ought to qualify for instant revocation of all driving privileges. Period. Full Comment>>

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Aug 09, 2016 15:24

Around China : robaird commented on news White-Washed Great Wall Movie Causes Controversy Online

Dont take it too harshly, fat man. You're in the entertainment industry. Your job is to entertain, so dance, monkey man, dance! Full Comment>>

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Aug 08, 2016 17:57

Around China : robaird commented on news The Times: China’s Tourist Blacklist Already has 19 Names

Chinese shouldn't be allowed beyond their borders without adequate supervision. Hong Kongese call them "locusts", and rightly so. Full Comment>>

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Aug 08, 2016 17:49

Around China : robaird commented on news Chinese Government Cleans up Porn Sites and Illegal Publications

Ffs, more Neolithic command and control propaganda. As if China is a bastion of sexual morality! Stop breeding the planet into extinction, and jerk off more frequently, you repressed peasants! Full Comment>>

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robaird

Aug 08, 2016 17:40

Articles : robaird commented on news “Naked Resignation”: Following Your Feet Out The Office

You want to see a world full of unemployed drop out millennials? Your wish I my command. Full Comment>>

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robaird

Aug 08, 2016 17:32

(Beijing) Features : robaird commented on news Summer’s Here! Cool Off at Beijing’s 4 Best Water Parks

How God awful! Couldn't think of a worse leisure time pursuit than bathing in 10,000 gallons of diluted Chinese kiddy piss. Full Comment>>

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robaird

Aug 08, 2016 17:07

Around China : robaird commented on news White-Washed Great Wall Movie Causes Controversy Online

Sell to a wider audience using proxies. You're a proxy too. Whenever I see a Chinese scene input into a Hollywood blockbuster (read: POS), it's a cynical, corporatist ploy to improve box office in the local market. If you're getting paid to be a white monkey in a Chinese production, I bet you're a) underpaid, and b) ... Full Comment>>

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robaird

Aug 07, 2016 19:44

Around China : robaird commented on news White-Washed Great Wall Movie Causes Controversy Online

What's the bet this piece of detritus will perform exceptionally well at the box office in China? Full Comment>>

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robaird

Aug 07, 2016 18:50

Around China : robaird commented on news Man Causes 19K Worth of Damage after Post-Fender Bender Episode

Still under investigation, dipshits! Full Comment>>

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Aug 06, 2016 18:24

Around China : robaird commented on news Zhejiang E-Commerce Industry Worth Over 700 Billion RMB

Utter bullshit Full Comment>>

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Aug 01, 2016 22:17

Articles : robaird commented on news Young Chinese Forgo Traditional Workplace for Bigger Dreams

My advice for Z-gen Chinese: Don't have a baby - you're shackled Don't try entrepreneurship - you're woefully inept Do try - social activism Do try - volunteering Do try - advanced study here or abroad in just about any discipline Full Comment>>

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robaird

Dec 15, 2013 17:12

Blogs : robaird Posted a new blog Ennui in Suzhou

Having recently returned to Suzhou, and giving the usual local social media outlets a cursory review, it becomes despondently apparent how little activity there is in the expatriot domain compared to even one year ago (a comparison of events concurrent with this time one year ago on this very website's events page ...

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