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10 Things You Love/Hate About Shanghai @AussiePB. Is the PB for "Premenstrual Bitch?" "it sounds very much like your 'hates' are actually your problems and perceptions, not those of the beautiful city or the people..." Beautiful city and people? Eh, no. All his points are completely valid, as anyone who isn't a line-towing sino asslicker will attest to. I've been many places in the world, seen things strange, wonderful, awful too... Shanghai is just another soulless Chinese business city. With shit weather and shit food to top it off. The people... there's a reason why Shanghainese are universally despised within China. It's because they're as a general rule selfish, obnoxious, arrogant, mendacious and crude. If you think Shanghainese people are beautiful I suggest you get out more or visit an optometrist. Physical and hygienic issues aside, ever been to a place where people actually smile and display an iota of human compassion and warmth? Ever been to Africa? Thailand? Nepal? Sri Lanka? "Anyway - if you hate it so much, why don't you just 'f**k off' home instead of complaining?" Actually, why don't you f**k off? The post is titled 10 Things You Love/Hate about Shanghai. So, we're writing about things we love and hate about Shanghai. Is the concept too difficult for you to grasp? Also, some of us are posted here for work or business, not because of our undying love for all things Shanghainese. There's enough censorship and propoganda in daily life here without having to deal with the same online from some puckered dill-hole who got suckered into marrying a gold digger. |
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Friends Started to Boycott French Products For all Wendy`s in China... "I will not go to Carrefour any more, and I won't consider French cars in the future." Q1: How many of Carrefour staff are foreigners, respectively French? Q2: How many goods offered at Carrefour are French goods? Q3: Where is your French car bought in China built? Your answers Wendy? Yeah, let´s bash foreign companies in China, as we are capable to do without them. Are your really capable to do it...? I doubt is, I highly doubt it that China will be today´s China without any foreign companies in China. Can you imagine what will happen when there is a "No Made in China products!" ban coming up? Can you...? m2c gweilo |
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10 Things You Love/Hate About Shanghai I've been in Shangers for several years...let me apologize in advance as this will hurt a little, but these are my honest observations as somebody who has lived in quite a few countries around the world: Likes * Easy Chinese girls...sure they need a wash down there but I'm not that picky. * One of the only places where I can walk down a busy street and honestly say I'm the best looking and most hygienic person there. * Xiaolongbao. * However disgusting of a pig I act, I can rest assured that there will be a Chinese close at hand to make my piggish behavior seem absolutely genteel in comparison. Dislikes * Shanghai hype, China hype...their economy is based on Soviet-style mass production of shitty goods and slave labor. Name one domestically designed-and-produced product (that isn't a blatant ripoff of a Japanese or American design) that isn't a complete piece of shit. * Complete lack of innovation, quality control, or copyright laws. * Nightlife in Shanghai is sooo lame. Lonely losers picking up Shanghai hoes, shitty outdated club music, and overpriced wannabe "glamor" bars. Fake hiphop heads who've never heard of Afrikka Bambatta, A Tribe Called Quest, or The Roots. * Live music scene is crap - Filipino bands (not that I have anything against Filipinos!) and a couple jazz cover bands. * Horrible fashion sense. The funny thing is Chinese people think that Shanghai is the most fashionable city in China...well not if you include Hong Kong, sorry Shangers. Young guys dressed in fake bathing ape...people are still wearing this shit? Lots of synthetics, fake fur trim, and badly coordinated outfits. Mismatched tracksuit top and bottom worn with black leather shoes...wtf??? * Chinese food. Chinese people think their food is the best in the world. It isn't. Pretty much every other country in Asia has had waaay better food than in China. Why do Chinese feel the need to douse everything in a liter of cooking oil and MSG? The culinary skills, by and large, are shit. That's because the most skilled and knowledgeable Chinese chefs fled during the cultural revolution, and to this day you can get better Chinese food in Hong Kong or San Francisco than you can in the mainland. And Shanghainese food is even worse, as it is oily even for Chinese food, as well as being sweet. Can you say e xing?? * Shanghainese girls...can you say Fug Lee? Chinese girls are sooo not hot, and that's fine, we can't all be Brazilian models can we, but the funniest/saddest part is that Shanghainese girls somehow got it into their silly little heads that they are hot and stylish because they have a fake LV bag and big sunglasses, sorry but you're still a pasty, flabby, flat-assed, materialistic b*tch. Add high heels for greater comic effect, and watch a Shanghainese girl wobble around like a clown on stilts. (hint, high heels aren't worn back on the farm, gets stuck in the pigshit). * Ugly buildings. Shanghai's municipal gov't, in an effort to seem like a real world city and not a provincial backwater, threw up all kinds of crazy "futuristic" buildings with lights all over them. Unfortunately, most of them look like they were designed by a 12 year old hallucinating on mushrooms. Instead of having an innovative, integrated design, they nearly all have some kind of "cap" or "hat" plunked on top. The overall effect is pretty silly. On top of that, the quality of the buildings screams "made in China" in that they tend to look old and dilapidated within 3 years. * Shopping sucks. I'm not a rabid shopper, but I do like to be reasonably well-dressed and have some new clothes once in a while. You'd figure a city that was 85% shopping centers would at least offer a lot in this area. Well, sorry, but Shanghai is one of the worst cities in Asia as far as shopping goes. Honestly, save your money and go to Hong Kong or Bangkok. The clothing falls into 2 basic categories here: extremely overpriced 80s designer clothes like Gucci or Burberry, that rich Chinese think is still fashionable, or "domestic" Chinese clothes, that are laughably ugly and poorly made...I wear neither. I just want nice, understated clothes that don't have sequins or fake fur trim, and that don't make me look like gay Versace runway trash from 1986. Even my trips to Zara and H&M yielded nothing, as the clothes in the stores here are COMPLETELY different from say, Paris or NY (must be for domestic tastes?) If you're shopping for electronics, forget Shanghai. I honestly don't get foreigners who come here to drop $10K on electronics, and end up paying more than they would in the US if they shopped around for a couple days. Shanghai IS NOT the place to buy electronics in China. In fact, the prices here are quite high, even by US standards. If you want electronics, go to Guangzhou or Shenzhen. * Lack of any real cultural identity or distinctly "Shanghainese" ethos, other than greed and vulgar materialism. I first moved here in 1999. People at that time were buzzing about a cultural and creative renaissance. Well. it never happened. Where's the vibrant and original art and cultural scene that a city this dynamic should have? |
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Xiang Yang Market Again Agree with Carsten. Depending on what you buy at the market I fould I ended up paying about 25% of the asking price. One childrens GAP turtleneck I wanted was first quoted at RMB 120. In the end I bought 2 for 60 RMB. Walking away from the shop also works. Make an offer and if they do not like it just walk away. If they really want to sell it to you they will call you back. If they don't, at least you probably know that your price was too low. Good info for your next try at another shop. By the way, the LV bag would not have come from HK. Just about nothing is made in HK any more. It most likely would have been made in China. G |
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F1 Grand Prix Shanghai Pictures Just came back from a great time in Shanghai. We stayed of few more days to shop and eat and had a wonderful time. You were not the only ones who found it boring. Not me, as I am crazy about F1 and the race track is like my church. There was a Chinese gentleman sitting in front of us, without earplugs, and he managed to fall asleep for about a third of the race. I do not know how this is possible no matter how bored you are....... it seems to me that it is just to noisy to fall asleep. Next event: May 1, 2005, MotoGP. This should be more exciting than F1 as these guys are really crazy and there is a lot more over taking. If you have a chance to watch it on TV, the boys will be racing in Malaysia this Sunday. maybe this will give you an incentive to go in May. Gweilo |
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Going to F1 Grand Prix By the way.........check out this website for GOOD F1 news. www.formula1.com G |
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Fahrenheit 911 I wish more people were "againsting" Bush. Then there would be a bigger chance for him NOT to be reelected. Jeez, a convicted drunk driver, putting his and other people's lives at risk is okay......but poor Bill gets a blowjob and all hell breaks loose. Ha, I am still laughing. What a country. |
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Going to F1 Grand Prix I hope everyone reading this listens to Cartsen! I have been to several races too. I went with some friends to Kuala Lumpur who had never been before. They were stubborn and did not beleive it was so loud. After the first lap they all went to buy earplugs. It was too painful not to wear them. Also, don't forget sunblock. You will probably be there for 3 hours. On a sunny day......you will burn. I will be in the same area as your colleagues Carsten. Will they be wearing red or "blue crosses"? |
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Fahrenheit 911 Although I do agree with some of the comments of Michael Moore, one should remember that when watching the film one should not take all he says as FACT. Yes, many of the things are true, but some are just speculation. Always look at both sides of the story and then make your own decision on what you beleive. The movie is definitely entertaining though. |