China and Chinese in foreigner's eye

[color=Blue][size=3]We are used to anying happened in China or to anything very special Chinese.
^2O5u6bknK/D1p`z,f If we read some articles about how the foreignors who live in China or outside China look at and think of China and Chinese, we perhaps can have a new and fesh idea about China and any occurance happened around us.0L[1q,m}+S,~

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Be Warned

[size=3]All of the ???¡§??? (foreignor) bloggers in China seem to be saying the same thing: If you come to China, don??t say we didn??t warn you.  The majority of their complaints are as follows.
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1.) You will get sick-either from the food, water, pollution, or a combination of all three
]7{QL7Ha#pE'f @5K+n 2.) Avoid getting sick at all costs, because basic medication is unavailable
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4.) If the taxi rides don??t kill you they will make you sick
Ob*^\!lb 5.) Don??t walk or bike down the street because taxis might kill you, and when not dodging taxis you will be dodging fellow pedestrians, bikes, and unidentifiable things lying on the street
F9i`fi9N!E}'E}VN 6.) Never ask for directions, it will only make things worse .h(Y l@ cp/xD7c2m
7.) If you??re brave enough to leave your house and take the subway, be prepared for a giant game of passenger pinball
.^Bd'w `Q:g 8.) There??s no such thing as ???waiting in line??? because lines don??t exist
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9.) The general boarding procedure for subways and elevators is: Push your way in before letting those already in to exit
oPv zev 10.)Don??t make contact with street vendors.  That means eye contact, verbal contact, or any sort of physical/mental contact whatsoever, unless you enjoy being followed by a swarm of bootleg DVD sellers ,CAI~\6{y_
11.) Whatever you do, DO NOT give them money in the hopes of being left alone, it??s like chumming the water i@1J~"}
12.) If you do choose to buy something, prepare to be ripped off
$gpFa*E*v:^ JS 13.) Bring your own toilet paper +`Di\c(o`F
14.) Be prepared to use a ???squat toilet???
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16.) Moments of solitude or silence don??t exist, especially if you are a ???¡§??? 7T
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17.) People will point, stare, take pictures, and yell ??????¡§???!??? all day long at you
2X%K-P9u&WK 18.) If you??re a vegetarian, you won??t find much to eat 6cf3_|2hr9j?
19.) If you??re not a vegetarian, you??ll wish you were @!R9t*b$X8[ R4J8R*?I
20.) Never expect to get a direct answer from service personnel
%Ci#h*ao(uD b,i 21.) Never expect to get general help from service personnel *ZQV4}p!}7w {I
22.) Expect to be told by service personnel something is ???impossible??? and ???can??t be done here??? if it??s out of the norm or if they simply don??t know how to do it G5}1Y9xU~
23.) When ordering food, expect your order to come out wrong
`'^:ZOnBX 24.) Complaining doesn??t help st%upM1Q/W0?
25.) Don??t expect to have air conditioning, water, or electricity
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27.) Don??t expect the police to care Z3F^)VK/f E6F(@
28.) Be prepared to be misunderstood-in English and Chinese "cZxa`
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I could go on, but I think we all get the picture.  I don??t know if these are just the rantings of homesick culture-shocked individuals, but there seem to be too many of the same stories to be ignored.  In any event, this doesn??t deter me from visiting China.  Living there, maybe, but not visiting.  I actually look forward to having these kinds of stories to share with friends and family back in the states (all but the disturbing ones), and can??t wait to see what China is really like for myself.  Although it does make me appreciate the advantage of learning Chinese in America.jUo$S~z0z
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By the way, I live in Florida, which is exactly on the opposite side of the world from China.  We are literally a world apart, yet it always seems closer than I think.[/size]"DE%G*Ph+p&Z
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[[i] Last edited by  peter-jetstar at 2006-10-10 15:35 [/i]]

WE DON'T ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THESE.

If there is problem, we improve it.
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This is the way of living.!PS-EF]:I2D
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+I1X!D-Z5C7DG? When others speak of problem and we say all countries have problems, then problems will be always there.
j9|Lx \4N;? What we should and can do is pay attention ONLY to ourselves.

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i believe,but i cannot accept
#m|5Zm%Q#x0H i like our country
,kLU1P.N7|[ i like china

me,too. EfM|9T

!Lm5Z(vl)rH#_/}1i1[ China and Chinese is the best phyle in the world.

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    i never know what do them think  if i donot read the article !N!XD1J1E.H+M7LD(}

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    i feel a little sad:')

I don't think Chinese are worser than any other nations. Look at our Shanghai or Beijing, they are as model and clean and beautiful as other large cities in the world. Yes we also have poor areas, because we are a big country and we have big population, anyway, it is not fair to compare Chinese with other human being like this.

anyway ,it is not fair to compare chinese  with the other human ,but i like the sentence is said by peter-jatstar: there is problem, we improve it.9uE9jbx3i B1d
can do is pay attention ONLY to ourselves

Who can promise the these phenomena not exist at all?You have miss something better in China.