Chinese shenanigans

[kurogane]

that being said, ppl maybe say "made in taiwan" already reached the level. i agree with it and i think made in taiwan even has higher quallity than made in japan in some fields. but its because their mentality is japanized to some extent in their colonial era.

Taiwan is light years ahead of China in homebrewed quality...but calling it "Japanized?"

The Taiwanese themselves claim this so it's not that far fetched.

Yes they do, but it is. Far fetched. I can't remember the exact percentage but about 90% of Taiwanese became so after 1949, and the Kuomintang were hardly pro-Japanese in attitude or orientation. I think this recent revision is just them sucking up, though the infrastructural investments Japan made in the colonial era must have helped them get a leg up when it came time to build up Taiwan.

I think a lot of the Taiwan cheerleading is because they're Chinese but not Commies; they're Chinese it's okay to like. I find them really nice people, and much, much nicer than continentals or even Hong Kongers, but I have heard Taiwan itself is still a bit of a shithole. And I bought some Subaru parts from Taiwan and they didn't even fit, and yes, I checked the catalogue and all that. It wasn't worth sending them back so that was a waste of $100.

PS That Ramen story sounds like media BS, or the kid was a typical noodle slurping nancy. Do normal people actually think of that stuff as food? Even snack food? Fuck, have some potato chips. At least there's food in them.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I've been to Taiwan three times in the past few years. I was surprised at just how much it still had that developing country feel relative to South Korea. It's definitely a lot more run down overall and the people seem to be poorer. The Taiwanese are quiet, polite, and clean which is how they differ from the Chinese. Like the Chinese they're pretty boring socially. They don't drink much and don't really seem to know how to party. Of course those are only my impressions based on some short visits but most people I've spoken too seem to agree with me so I don't think I'm just pulling that stuff out of my ass.

Taiwan has had a bad guy in China to focus on since their "independence" so they didn't need to dwell on Japan's sins. They do seem to believe they learned their manners from the Japanese but I wonder if it's more of a case of China losing her manners during the Cultural Revolution.

[kurogane]

Yes to that. All the Taiwanese that moved to Vancouver seem to make lovely neighbours. A bit Bible-ish, but that can be ignored.
BTW, Is Korea not still a bit of a dive or a shithole? I haven't been there since 1987 and it was god awful when I was there except for those few square blocks around the old Imperial Palace or whatever it was that seems to be the focal point of all the Those Bad Japanese memorials.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Yes to that. All the Taiwanese that moved to Vancouver seem to make lovely neighbours. A bit Bible-ish, but that can be ignored.
BTW, Is Korea not still a bit of a dive or a shithole? I haven't been there since 1987 and it was god awful when I was there except for those few square blocks around the old Imperial Palace or whatever it was that seems to be the focal point of all the Those Bad Japanese memorials.

I was surprised by just how active the different temples were in Taiwan on a random afternoon. I don't mean Japanese-style superstitious fake praying either. I mean crowds of people singing hymns, lighting candles, and giving offerings to their pagan gods.

I've been to SK 9 or 10 time since my fist visit in '99 and it's definitely changed a lot. The people are a lot more polite, the streets cleaner, there's lot's of new development, and the overall vibe feels more first world than it used to. You also don't have to worry some racist prick with a chip on his shoulder is going to fight you for talking to their women which was pretty normal in the past. Prices are are unfortunately first world now too. Except hotels. They were much cheaper than in Taiwan. Even in Seoul you can get a nice clean room in a hotel that most people use as a love hotel for $30-$40 a night. In Taipei anything decent seemed to start at about $80.

[Takechanpoo]

China is allegedly using 'honeytraps' to get top secret info from British intelligence officials.

They are reportedly deploying "hundreds of beautiful women" who lure ex-MI6 officers into bed.

Intelligence chiefs have told Prime Minister David Cameron that spies from the Far East powerhouse pose a bigger threat to national security than the Islamic State.

A top secret MI6 memo claims Chinese spies are “aggressively” targeting members officials and their families.

It claims there's a particular focus on former officials with ongoing business or social interests in mainland China and Hong Kong.

But the highly classified documents warns other former officials could be targeted.

Several senior ex-spies have reportedly been propositioned by Chinese women.

Our source told the Daily Star : “The Chinese spy network has hundreds of beautiful women who tempt lonely men into bed, offer them great sex then engage in pillow talk. If that doesn’t work they will also use blackmail.”

Sources claim the Chinese Foreign Intelligence Service is also using cybercrime in a bid to steal secrets.

MI5 allegedly believes the cyber attacks against British companies originate from a secret cell within China’s People’s Liberation Army, known as Unit 61398.

The unit is thought to be staffed by hundreds of English-speaking computer experts who steal info from western powers.

The Chinese government denies the unit’s existence and refutes all allegations that it is involved in cyber espionage.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ch ... en-6747631

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japan as well should have been doing this kind of things...

[Samurai_Jerk]

3 teens from China will go to prison for a San Gabriel Valley attack on a classmate

Three Chinese students studying in the San Gabriel Valley will serve prison time for the kidnapping and assault of a classmate under a plea deal reached this week, ending a case that drew international headlines.

The attack in March of last year turned the spotlight on the growing number of so-called parachute kids — mostly Chinese students who live and attend school in Southern California while their parents remain in China.

Authorities alleged that Yunyao "Helen" Zhai, Yuhan "Coco" Yang and Xinlei "John" Zhang were part of a group of teens who forced Yiran "Camellia" Liu to use her hands to wipe cigarette butts and ice cream from the floor of a Rowland Heights ice cream parlor.

Liu, who was 18 at the time of the assault, testified that she was taken to a nearby park, stripped naked, kicked with high-heeled shoes, slapped and burned with cigarettes.

The three defendants, who are all now 19 years old, were charged with torture, kidnapping and assault. Attorneys for Zhai and Yang previously acknowledged that their clients participated in the attack. A lawyer for Zhang argued in court that his client was only a bystander.

At the preliminary hearing for the teens, a judge said the case reminded him of "Lord of the Flies," William Golding's 1954 novel about boys stranded on a deserted island.

Under the agreement with prosecutors, the trio will plead no contest to charges of kidnapping and assault, according to Deputy Dist. Atty. Casey Jarvis, who is prosecuting the case. Zhai will be sentenced to 13 years in prison, Yang to 10 and Zhang to six, he said.

Jarvis said his office agreed to drop the torture charge, which carries a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole, because the teens had no criminal history.

"We felt in the interest of justice it was the right thing to do," Jarvis said.

[Takechanpoo]

in fukuoka and yamaguchi prefecture, police arrested 11 chinese youngers, who are college students and graduate students.
they entered addresses of vacant rooms of condos on the site of online shops, ordered digital cameras, laptops, tablets etc and scammed it.
the total amount of damage is allegedly 44 million yen.

http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/11042434/

[Taro Toporific]

The golden mega-Mao beheaded!

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'Mega Mao' no more as ridiculed golden statue destroyed
The Guardian | 2016/jan/08
Giant golden statue of Mao Zedong has been torn down in central China just days after the 36-metre effigy sparked an outpouring of criticism and ridicule. Photographs of Henan province’s “mega Mao”, which had reportedly been built in a rural corner of Tongxu county at a cost of 3m yuan (about £312,000), went viral this week after appearing on a Chinese website.
But a picture circulating on Friday showed that Mao was no more. The Great Helmsman’s hands, legs and feet appeared to have been hacked off, and a black cloth draped over his head.
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