Is their history/economic curriculum in school very propaganda filled (more than the US, anyway)? How different are their views of major historical world events than an American's?

Things you didnt know until you lived there?

when are you coming back to america?

hows the death of google going?

how are you on 4chan?

serious question

>>7168798

The Party line is taught, I'm very sure. Don't expect a lot of critical thinking

>>7168871

Real Chinese food is amazing. Also, there a a LOT of different types of spoken Chinese.

>>7168905

Soon, I hope, at least for a visit.

>>7168938

VPN. But also, 4chan is not blocked here. Don't ask me why.

Noone cares here. It's not reported in the media, either.

>>7168964

What prospects are there in China for an American MBA/Lawyer with no Chinese language skills?

Is Mandarin the most widely spoken dialect of chinese thus worth learning if I'm going to go to china?

Do they really blame the tens of millions of deaths brought about by the Great Leap Forward on "natural disasters"?

I think that's incredible that you're actually going out there and broadening your mind of other cultures.

Its kind of sad sometimes when people just think straight forward and believe once they've had Chinese food at one place, all Chinese food blows.

How's the night life there? And where in China are you?

>>7168990
is there support among the people for google coming back i mean, wether or not you know the technical to get it to work anyway, most naturally won't.

>>7169028

You don't need to be able to speak the language to do business here. There are plenty of people who will interpret for you. However, it does help. I would suggest looking to multinationals that need foreign managers in China.

What is the national mood toward America? Do they like us? Are they told that we're some sort of evil capitalist empire?

How are people's english speaking ability there? I heard more people know english in china than in the USA. Is it hard to understand their english?

What are you doing in China? Are you a student? If so, what college are you attending?

>>7169043

Mandarin is what you want to learn, yes. It's the official language and almost universally spoken.

>>7169044

Yes, but there is alos recognition that Mao blew it to some degree.

>>7169045
Night life is wild here in Shenzhen.

How do the average citizens feel about Americans?

>>7169059

Most people like Americans. There is recognition by some that American actually tried to hep out during the Japanese occupation. Taiwan is a sore spot. Don't bring up Tibet.
>>7169070
Lousy. Really, really, bad. But I have a few friends that are really quite good.

>>7169076

I am an engineering/manufacturing consultant

>>7169105

People like Americans, as stated before. Most people recognize that America and China are bound at the hip. You get some nationalistic types that think that China ca go at it alone, and that sun has set on America. I don't believe it though.

How big of a sore spot is Taiwan? Are the Taiwanese utterly despised? What about the Japanese?

>>7169156
Yeah, without happy meal toys and cheap plastic shit sold at WalMart, China would still be agrarian. After China gets all first world and industrialized, where are all the Chinese manufacturing jobs going to go?

>>7169194
India. The cycle endures.

>>7169164

Taiwan is a very, very sensitive issue. Most people that I've talked to don't like the fact that America "supports" Taiwan. But, they also aren't willing to fight over it, either.

Taiwanese are not their favorite people. I have some friends who are indifferent, others just can't stand them.

Japanese are the bottom of the barrel. They still sing song over here about killing Japanese during the war.

Are an American Werewolf in China?

>>7169194

IMHO, Vietnam is looking good to a lot of people.

>>7169194
Although I must say I have been amazed at the quality of my Chinese made HP laptop, Motorola cell phone, and iPod Touch. I would seriously consider a Chinese car if they were offered here.

>>7169208
how about the whole tibet thing? is that a touchy subject still?

>>7169216
True. I heard Indonesia was another viable candidate.

>>7169228

Uh, let me see.....what do they say...

TIBET WAS ALWAYS A PART OF CHINA! TIBET WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF CHINA!

Yeah, most Chinese have that attitude.

>>7169225

Chinese manufacturing methods have come a long, long way. They still have issues though with 'quality fade'. You have to watch the suppliers like a hawk, which is where most people fail.

>>7169298
How many more years will the flood of rural slave labor into the cities last? I've read that that what's keeping Chinese factory wages at the pocket change level.

>>7169411

There's something like 700 million people living out in the country. I understand that there's about 15-20 million new people joining the workforce every year. One of the reasons that China is so hot to keep the economy booming along is that they need to create all those jobs every year so you don't have too many unemployed people. Unemployed, restless people are a threat to the 'social stability', and not in keeping with building a 'harmonious society'.

So, I think they can keep up the cheap labor regime for quite awhile to come, give it another 20 years or so.

How much longer will the Chinese Gov't not participate in world events and or stall them completely.

>>7169043
stupid american is wrong
mandarin is only spoken in the north
in the south it is not spoken (though people understand it)
they speak language such as wu, minan and yue ("cantonese") which are mutually unintelligible with mandarin
there are more southerners than northerners
hence OP is wrong

>>7169564

Who knows? But they have an official policy of not involving themselves in the 'internal matters' of other countries. They are going to protect their own self-interest pretty hard, I think, which is why the Copenhagen talks were such a disaster.

>>7169612
Mandarin is still the "formal" version of Chinese.

>>7169630
>mandarin=formal language
that maybe so
but suppose you are fluent in mandarin and go to shanghai or any place south of shanghai - you will not understand a single word (possible exception- shenzhen cause it is all immigrants)

>>7169671
It doesn't matter, because they can understand and speak Mandarin, even if with a bit of an accent. It's the most practical language to learn.

>>7169630
Formal Literary Chinese was here, written Mandarin and Cantonese are both losers

>>7169612

Trolling? Yeah, Cantonese is spoken here, but face it, Guangdong is filled with people from other provinces now. I can speak Mandarin in any shop, hotel, restaurant, club, bar, factory or anywhere on the street, and 90% of the people not only understand it, but speak it as well.

Unless you're a butthurt Guangdongren of HKer who refuses to learn the OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.

China estimates that 70% of the population under 40 yo can speak Mandarin, and about 50% 40 and over do.

So yes, Mandarin is the best language to learn, and unless you are way off in the fucking country somewhere, people around you will be speaking Mandarin.

>>7169225
dude , even chinese people never buy chinese cars
if they have money they buy german
if they dont they buy korean/japanese

>>7169747
How'd you learn Chinese? Through school/work/just living there/etc?

>>7169801

Volkswagen is popular too. But the Chinese auto companies Geely and BYD do pretty well too.

>>7169805
Self-taught mostly, through books, CDs and online. Also, getting a long-haired dictionary is also a great way to learn!

I had a rather interesting experience in China a couple years ago.

You see my money had run out and these people offered me a job that involved posing as an official from the U.S. overseeing bogus construction projects that only existed on paper.

They would put me in a suit and drive me out to these backwater towns and show a letter from Condoleeza Rice and then scam money from businesses and officials for the aforementioned bogus construction projects.

Unfortunately they had stolen my passport and threatened to turn me into the police if I didn't want to cooperate in their scheme. I eventually said fuck it and ran to the American embassy in Beijing where they put me on a flight home.

>>7169132

This is exactly the field I want to get into. Preferably in China (though I confess I've only visited once, perhaps I'll sour on the place)

I'm nigh fluent in Mandarin (am fluent in French and Hindi, as well, if that helps) getting a ChemE degree from an Ivy league uni.

How does I shot engineering consultant job?

>>7169966

Cool story, bro

I have never heard of an American, pardon the pun, getting Shanghaied in China before. Certainly robbed or beaten up, but pressed into service? Hmmmm........ suppose it's possible.

>>7170005

I'd look for a large company in your home country that has manufacturing or sourcing in China, and has a need for somebody to take up a post in China watching the store, as it were.

Please be careful in your chosen path. I know a lot of foreigners who come here and just can't deal with the culture shock. It's a whole different world here.

>>7170088

How's the pay?

How bad are taxes in commieland?

>>7169966

Even worse, I can now reveal to you that they were, in fact peeing in your Coke.

>>7170111

The pay is good. Six figures.

Taxes suck. 30-40%

>>7170088

Are you dying to go home?

also, since I may be going to Beijing come summer time, how're the chicks there?

thats an excellent question. How hard is it for a foreign devil (white person) to hook up there? Are chicks warm and friendly or avoid you like the plague?

>>7170206

I imagine they'd be extremely pleasant, but they'd hesitate to hook up with any non-Chinese.

>>7170175

Sometimes I miss home a lot. Sometimes I say to myself "What the fuck am I doing here?".

But, for the most part, it's ok. Every day is an adventure. I miss the food more than anything, and seeing the latest movie at the theater.

I haven't actually been to Beijing, believe it or not, but here in Shenzhen it's wall to wall women, and some real drop-dead gorgeous babes. Shanghai is great too.

Sort of like a black chick hooking up with a white boy in the states?