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What are the Chinese like?
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Dev



Joined: 18 Apr 2006
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:13 pm    Post subject: What are the Chinese like? Reply with quote
How different / similar are the Chinese to Koreans?

in terms of manners?

character?

quirks?

Manners are similar I hear. Not very organized.

From what I've seen, they're more outgoing and friendly than Koreans. At parties, I often see Chinese people walking around introducing themselves mingling with strangers. They're not shy.

Quirks? I have no idea. I'd have to live there to know them.
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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ever considered reading a book or a newspaper?
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Dev



Joined: 18 Apr 2006
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SPINOZA wrote:
Ever considered reading a book or a newspaper?


Ha, Ha, Ha! Funny & clever guy! You must have a lot of friends with your dry biting humor.

Listen, If you have nothing worth adding to a thread, don't post on Dave's.
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philthy



Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Location: Incheon
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They have bigger b00bs.
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i heard that if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all. so i can't comment on the Chinese AT ALL, though i'm really tempted to write a book on my three years in china.
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flotsam



Joined: 28 Mar 2006
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dev wrote:
SPINOZA wrote:
Ever considered reading a book or a newspaper?


Ha, Ha, Ha! Funny & clever guy! You must have a lot of friends with your dry biting humor.

Listen, If you have nothing worth adding to a thread, don't post on Dave's.


How about, if you have nothing worth starting a thread on, don't start them?

Works for me.

P.S. Hi Mod! By which I mean, mom, of course.
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Dev



Joined: 18 Apr 2006
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
flotsam wrote:
Dev wrote:
SPINOZA wrote:
Ever considered reading a book or a newspaper?


Ha, Ha, Ha! Funny & clever guy! You must have a lot of friends with your dry biting humor.

Listen, If you have nothing worth adding to a thread, don't post on Dave's.


How about, if you have nothing worth starting a thread on, don't start them?

Works for me.

P.S. Hi Mod! By which I mean, mom, of course.


Flotsam, You're the biggest loudmouth on Dave's. Full of hot air. You're the last person anyone on Dave's will take seriously.
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rocklee



Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
philthy wrote:
They have bigger b00bs.


Firmer too.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was in Beijing in September, and the first thing that struck me was how much more aggressive they can be. If you go anywhere around Tiananmen Square you'll be chased by a variety of merchants trying to sell you something you don't need. Taxi drivers are hard to trust, even in real taxis. Everyone will always try to overcharge you and you have to barter for everything.

It is a bit more of an international city, so if you're acting like a dumb foreigner they're more liable to tolerate you.

But basically if you have a hard time coping with cultural differences in Korea, then China is going to turn you inside out, tie a ribbon around you, and send you home.
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flotsam



Joined: 28 Mar 2006
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dev wrote:


Flotsam, You're the biggest loudmouth on Dave's. Full of hot air. You're the last person anyone on Dave's will take seriously.


In order for a mantra to have an effect, you need to repeat it many, many times.
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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RACETRAITOR wrote:
I was in Beijing in September, and the first thing that struck me was how much more aggressive they can be. If you go anywhere around Tiananmen Square you'll be chased by a variety of merchants trying to sell you something you don't need. Taxi drivers are hard to trust, even in real taxis. Everyone will always try to overcharge you and you have to barter for everything.

It is a bit more of an international city, so if you're acting like a dumb foreigner they're more liable to tolerate you.

But basically if you have a hard time coping with cultural differences in Korea, then China is going to turn you inside out, tie a ribbon around you, and send you home.


hehe! Laughing

Oh good lord, can you imagine Dev in China?
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