Sorry, I'm preparing for the exam recently, so I haven't updated it for a few days。
I’ve been hearing a lot about food shortages, can you tell me about it? What is the price of pork and rice, and how much has it risen? Are there wide spread fears (and suppression) of food shortages?
Due to the impact of African swine fever, the price of pork is much more expensive than before. The price of general food is relatively good and has increased a little. There are some rumors about famine, but generally speaking, not many people care about it。
In America, people say things like "ching chong wong" to mock how Chinese sounds to us. Is there any phrase Chinese use to mock how we sound to them?
It's also a stereotype that Chinese are obsessed with gambling. Is that true? What games are popular?
The Chinese also smoke a lot. Can you still smoke everywhere like in restaurants? What are popular brands of cigarettes? Do Chinese smoke American brands like Marlboro?
1.Yes, such as: 鬼佬(Ghost guy), 洋鬼子(foreign devil), 白皮猪(white pig)。
2.Indeed, many people like gambling. Although it is prohibited by law, there are still underground activities. In daily life, people will gamble when playing cards or mahjong。
If you are talking about video games, such as the League of Legends, call of duty and other common games are very popular in China. In China, the king's glory and Arknights are popular as mobile games。
3.Some cities ban smoking in public places, but most restaurants can smoke。zhonghua, Yunyan and other domestic brands, of course, some people smoke foreign cigarettes。
Many white Western men find east Asian women particularly attractive and only want to date Asian women instead of white women (or other non-Asian women). Men who are like this are said to have "yellow fever" because Asians are said to have yellow skin.
@Hello Gordon was asking if it bothers you that some white men do this sort of thing.
Thank you for your explanation. Some people on the Internet really hate this kind of behavior and call these women "easy girls" and "慕洋女 (women who like foreign) "。
Hello from Britain my dude. You asked earlier why some people say we have no free speech- it is because we have laws that mean you can be arrested for making comments online that may be offensive. For example if I called you a chink, you could contact the police and get me in trouble for "hate speech" if you wanted to.
The law is very vauge, so it is easy to get people you don't like in trouble if you wanted to.
In the UK, the news has been picking up on the apparent "concentration camps' for Muslim Uighur people. Is this something that Chinese people are aware of? I know the government have denied doing anything wrong, but there has been drone footage filmed of officers ordering groups of Uighurs onto trains, and reports of re-education camps being used to make people stop believing in Islam and to instead basically worship the Chinese government through torture.
Britain has considered not attending the upcoming winter Olympics because of these reports. I wonder what Chinese nationals know about what is happening?
Most Chinese people don't know about it, or think that these are just rumors made up by Western media. In fact, most Chinese have never been to Xinjiang. In addition, Xinjiang is very large, and not everyone from Xinjiang knows what happened (there are many Han people there)。
Even those who know these things, many people think that this is correct, because there was a large-scale group riot in Xinjiang in 2009, and dozens of people were killed and injured in Kunming city of Yunnan Province, so they think it is conducive to local security. Personally, I don't want to evaluate these things more. Please understand。
I've been wandering, does the Chinese have anything similar to thirstposting (guys saying that they're popping an boner over random women) on whatever social media that you guys have?
Because the Indians are notorious for doing this, although it isn't helping much that the women are also posting borderline porn on Facebook.
Of course, and very often, if you post explicit pictures as a woman on social media, you may receive some private messages, in which photos of the penis are posted and you are in estrus. There are also some people who make up some "I'm a mercenary, maybe the last time I'm on the battlefield, I'd like to see your private pussy photos". There was a phrase "Z? KKP!"(在?看看批!) to get these photos。
Please answer me, I am very concerned about food shortages. Are you starving yet?
Did you know that massive famines are predicted in your future? Every economic sector suffers from the same bad loans, so when the loans fail every sector will go down at once. That + no imports if USA cuts you off + plus flooding of your rice fields + Significant pollution. Not looking good.
Chinese are buying lots of foreign land and investing in foreign companies? Looks like capital flight to me. The rich see the bubble is about to burst and are heading for safety. The dollar is relatively safe.
it’s basically just Darwinism lol, if you pollute and over use the land you live in eventually it won’t be able to support you and you die. The people that learn how to not kill themselves will survive
Anyway, ni hao
Thank you for your concern. There are many such views. But at least at present, although there are some economic difficulties in China (rising prices and insufficient funds from some local governments), there has not been a large-scale crisis or famine. Everything should be looked to the future。
@AltisticRight
Thank you for answering some questions for me. Have you ever been to China or know how to use Chinese?
He's talking about laowai who specifically want to have romantic or sexual relationships with Asians, usually Asian women. You said that there's a stereotype of Shanghai women liking foreign men, so this would be the other side of that. Foreign men who like Chinese women.
My own question: I've heard that people in northern China near the Korean peninsula are very tall compared to the rest of the country. Have you observed that there are places in China where the people are much taller than elsewhere, and if so do you know why this is?
Yes, but according to statistics, Shandong Province (the northern coastal area) has the highest average height in China. Many people in the Northeast are also immigrants there. The height of people in the north is related to their genes, living in colder areas, and eating habits (like meat and noodles). In contrast, people in Sichuan Province are shorter. It is located in the basin. The climate is warm, rainy and lacking illumination。
What happened with Fan Bingbing? I heard that she got in big trouble for something
She was previously punished for huge tax evasion, but now few people mention it. She still has a lot of fans。
