rajin on news How to Successfully Switch ESL Jobs in China(34 comments)
Beijing, of course, is very very different from small towns where it's extremely difficult to find a sane foreigner who is willing to stay and teach. Full Comment>>
rajin on news Justice Served? China’s Largest Call-Girl Ring Busted in Beijing(60 comments)
"...explained that organising prostitution has always been regarded as a major crime in China" wait, what? Oooh, you mean the 50 years or so that NEW CHINA has been around. I got ya. Du was absolutely right. Give her the same as everyone else. Full Comment>>
rajin on news Real-Name System For Express Deliveries Draws Controversy (1 comments)
I'm excited for the new regulations. We've all had parcels "misplaced" on us, I think. Full Comment>>
rajin on news China Southern Airlines Hires 22 Dutch Flight Attendants(8 comments)
Nice to see that they didn't have a preference for hair color or anything. Full Comment>>
rajin on news New Report Ranking World's Costliest Cities for Expats Released(11 comments)
Luckily it wasn't eChinaCities who did their own independent poling. This is an independent survey done and if you really want to disprove them, follow that link at the bottom of the article. Bitching on here won't change anything. Full Comment>>
rajin on news New Report Ranking World's Costliest Cities for Expats Released(11 comments)
tell us how you really feel about the city. Full Comment>>
rajin on news China Dreaming and How the Country Has Changed Us(24 comments)
what papers did you have and why are you in trouble? Full Comment>>
rajin on news Netizens Oppose New Cap on Discounted Cinema Ticket Rates(1 comments)
This affects me as I buy 30kuai tickets for my local cinema all the time. Full Comment>>
rajin on news Be Warned! Top 10 Chinese-Westerner Misunderstandings (According to Chinese)(83 comments)
I live in SouthEast China and 8/10 of these I've either experienced in one way or another or I can emphathize with. Full Comment>>
rajin on news Be Warned! Top 10 Chinese-Westerner Misunderstandings (According to Chinese)(83 comments)
I found roughly 8/10 of these to be true in my case and other cases I've observed. This is from 5 years in Hunan, China - I'm also supposedly the test laowai (I'm American). Take my two cents for what it's worth, but I definitely wouldn't call it nonsense. The gifts of two, for example. I always wondered why some ... Full Comment>>
rajin on news China Dreaming and How the Country Has Changed Us(24 comments)
This, of course, is simply his opinion and if prefers to think Chinese women are more attractive - that doesn't make him any more of an idiot for the majority of Western women in China preferring Western men. Likewise, it doesn't display how he'd potentially treat a partner or what he's like as a person and I think ... Full Comment>>
rajin on news Tom Cruise Spotted Running on the Great Wall(5 comments)
It's TOM CRUISE. I don't really think he's 'desperate' for anyone to like him. He's just another foreigner in China. Have you never said "wo ai zhonguo" before? Full Comment>>