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Sharp drop in China house prices leads to violent street protests
Topic Started: 27 Aug 2014, 10:48 AM (3,987 Views)
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28 Aug 2014, 01:41 PM
Little Emperor Sydrome.

a nation of adults who throw tantrums.
like this official who took too long eating breakfast before getting to the gate for his flight and the plane had left...

awesome role model...

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28 Aug 2014, 02:32 AM
shit like that drives me nuts.... just dont understand whats going through their heads - like the old ladies who jump out of their seat as plane is just about to hit the tarmac with stewardesses screaming at them to strap in ..

did you see the mass panic caused on shanghai metro train when a foreigner passed out in one of the carriages a couple of weeks ago? mass evacuation ( of the whole train) while the poor chap left to regain consciousness on his own...


http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/20/passengers-flee-as-foreigner-faints-on-shanghai-subway/
Interesting indeed, that must brought back some imbedded memories of SARS outbreak back in 2002, in which the earliest victims were western foreigners.
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28 Aug 2014, 03:48 PM
Interesting indeed, that must brought back some imbedded memories of SARS outbreak back in 2002, in which the earliest victims were western foreigners.
I doubt the fact that the guy was a foreigner made much difference to anything except the publicity around the incident. However, fear of getting chicken 'flu or something similar would almost certainly have been the cause of the evacuation.
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28 Aug 2014, 04:08 PM
I doubt the fact that the guy was a foreigner made much difference to anything except the publicity around the incident. However, fear of getting chicken 'flu or something similar would almost certainly have been the cause of the evacuation.
My own experience of the Chinese is that they are a genuinely nice bunch of people with strong moral codes and family values.

I do recall a mass hysteria event after the Japanese quake in 2011 though.

I was in a taxi in Zhongshan in Southern China when the driver stopped the car and grabbed my arm before leading me into the Justco and up the escalator to the second floor. He stayed with me the whole time.

I stood there for about fifteen minutes whilst the locals chatted amongst themselves and checked their phones and I remember hearing the word Tsunami a couple of times.

I asked around if anyone spoke English and a shop girl told me that we had to stay where we were for the "Japanese event"?

It was only when I got back to my hotel that I heard about the earthquake in Japan and how the Tsunami that was expected in coastal southern China didn't materialise.

The fact of the matter is though, that a Chinese taxi driver made an effort to save my life and I had only known him five minutes.



Matthew, 30 Jan 2016, 09:21 AM Your simplistic view is so flawed it is not worth debating. The current oversupply will be swallowed in 12 months. By the time dumb shits like you realise this prices will already be :?: rising.
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28 Aug 2014, 04:08 PM
I doubt the fact that the guy was a foreigner made much difference to anything except the publicity around the incident. However, fear of getting chicken 'flu or something similar would almost certainly have been the cause of the evacuation.
A foreigner does count towards the evacuation. It's a word associated with world wide traveling. Let's imagine a black people collapse in subway amid Ebola fear.
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28 Aug 2014, 04:27 PM
My own experience of the Chinese is that they are a genuinely nice bunch of people with strong moral codes and family values.

I do recall a mass hysteria event after the Japanese quake in 2011 though.

I was in a taxi in Zhongshan in Southern China when the driver stopped the car and grabbed my arm before leading me into the Justco and up the escalator to the second floor. He stayed with me the whole time.

I stood there for about fifteen minutes whilst the locals chatted amongst themselves and checked their phones and I remember hearing the word Tsunami a couple of times.

I asked around if anyone spoke English and a shop girl told me that we had to stay where we were for the "Japanese event"?

It was only when I got back to my hotel that I heard about the earthquake in Japan and how the Tsunami that was expected in coastal southern China didn't materialise.

The fact of the matter is though, that a Chinese taxi driver made an effort to save my life and I had only known him five minutes.


tend to agree I have forgetten the times I have been shown much greater consideration than I have in Australia at times in china but also the opposite, more extremes are possible. remember people in big cities any where in the world are certainly more wary and China has way more of those big cities
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28 Aug 2014, 04:27 PM
My own experience of the Chinese is that they are a genuinely nice bunch of people with strong moral codes and family values.

I do recall a mass hysteria event after the Japanese quake in 2011 though.

I was in a taxi in Zhongshan in Southern China when the driver stopped the car and grabbed my arm before leading me into the Justco and up the escalator to the second floor. He stayed with me the whole time.

I stood there for about fifteen minutes whilst the locals chatted amongst themselves and checked their phones and I remember hearing the word Tsunami a couple of times.

I asked around if anyone spoke English and a shop girl told me that we had to stay where we were for the "Japanese event"?

It was only when I got back to my hotel that I heard about the earthquake in Japan and how the Tsunami that was expected in coastal southern China didn't materialise.

The fact of the matter is though, that a Chinese taxi driver made an effort to save my life and I had only known him five minutes.


yeah. That resonates. Most Chinese genuinely want you to go away with a good impression of China and most do see protecting you from things you may or may not understand as part of that responsibility. Mind you, that is "most" and definitely not "all", and sometimes it can be a little annoying too. Sometimes you get to feeling you are being treated like a child or an idiot.

I would however add that Australians and New Zealanders are also famous for being friendly and helpful to foreigners. Most of the Chinese I know who have travelled to Australia on business or as tourists make a point of saying how well-treated they were by the locals. Some have even said "nobody would treat you that well here."
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28 Aug 2014, 09:03 PM
I would however add that Australians and New Zealanders are also famous for being friendly and helpful to foreigners. Most of the Chinese I know who have travelled to Australia on business or as tourists make a point of saying how well-treated they were by the locals. Some have even said "nobody would treat you that well here."
I've had a few Chinese visitors stay with me in Perth. One of them was sent over for a week of contract negotiations in the city and his Chinese employer booked him into a dingy apartment block in Vic Park. He rang me when he arrived and I put him up in my place instead.

He loved it here but he had a bit of a problem with the Aussie food they were providing for the lunch buffet in the meetings he was attending. Party pies and sandwiches are not part of the typical Chinese diet. He did take a shine to fish and chips though.
Matthew, 30 Jan 2016, 09:21 AM Your simplistic view is so flawed it is not worth debating. The current oversupply will be swallowed in 12 months. By the time dumb shits like you realise this prices will already be :?: rising.
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29 Aug 2014, 02:53 AM
He loved it here but he had a bit of a problem with the Aussie food they were providing for the lunch buffet in the meetings he was attending. Party pies and sandwiches are not part of the typical Chinese diet. He did take a shine to fish and chips though.
Haha. How true. Whenever I have been in the US or Australia for conferences or whatever with groups of Chinese, I've watched them all getting progressively greener around the gills because of the conference buffets until they all snap and piss off to the nearest Chinese restaurant for some real food. Then they mostly came back saying how bad Chinese restaurants are in that locality.

Amazingly, they mostly seem to like corn dogs. It is conclusive proof to me that saveloys contain no meat.

Nice of you to invite him to your place. I guess you know that is a pretty big thing for Chinese people.

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29 Aug 2014, 03:35 AM
Nice of you to invite him to your place. I guess you know that is a pretty big thing for Chinese people.

He was here on business and nothing to do with our company. He sent me a Skype message when he arrived and I popped around to his "hotel" to meet up with him. The place was a dump so putting him up was the least I could do.

He had never walked on a beach or seen a roo so he ended up having the time of his life. It was also good for my kids to meet someone I had told them so much about.

He also cooked for us a couple of nights. The hardest thing was finding decent ingredients in Perth.
Matthew, 30 Jan 2016, 09:21 AM Your simplistic view is so flawed it is not worth debating. The current oversupply will be swallowed in 12 months. By the time dumb shits like you realise this prices will already be :?: rising.
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