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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: DON'T go to China!!! |
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I am in Shanghai right now at a trade show. I can't begin to
describe the shock and absolute horror I have experienced.
This morning I went to a O&B DIY superstore. They had paint of
every imaginable colour. I just finished painting my apartment
in Korea and it was so easy. In Korea you can only buy white!
Here they had so many colours. I was confused and sad. Next
I went to a Metro supermarket. It was a nightmare. I went to
the aisle set aside for ONLY beer and was faced with literally
hundreds of int'l beers to choose from. Don't these godless
commies know that there are only 3 real beers: Hite, OB and
Cass! So I had to settle on some garbage called "Boddington's
Pub Ale". Oh well.
I think you have probably noticed the sarcasm in my rant now so
I will make my point. Who the hell is in charge of Korea and why?
China has, per capita, probably a tenth of the wealth of Koreans
and yet the standard of living here is superb. On a par with most
European cities I have been to. Koreans are getting seriously ripped
off by their government and the people in charge of business.
Oh well, I'm off to ride the new MAGLEV train into downtown Shanghai
and have some of that awful Chinese food. (where is the jjajangmyon?) |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| While I know what you are getting at, I think you are really stretching it saying thay they have a standard of living on par with most European cities, unless the cities you are talking about are all east of the Ukraine. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I love Shanghai, I try to go every year for shopping and partying but Shanghai is not China. Leave the city and go to country, that is sad and terrible. |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: Rant |
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I love Shanghai, I try to go every year for shopping and partying but Shanghai is not China. Leave the city and go to country, that is sad and terrible.
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Point taken. Like I said, this is a rant. I don't do it that often but
sometimes the dam bursts. |
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PimpofKorea
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Dealing in high quality imported English
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| It's good that Korea has no variety though. If there was more variety..I'd be more tempted to give them back more of the money I'm taking. But since there isn't much to buy....I just keep more of the won that I extract and spend it places I deem worthy. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| While I know what you are getting at, I think you are really stretching it saying thay they have a standard of living on par with most European cities, unless the cities you are talking about are all east of the Ukraine. |
To be fair, I think you're the one who's stretching it the most:
GNI per capita of Korea = US $15,830 (World Bank, 2006)
GNI per capita of Ukraine = US $1,520 (World Bank, 2006)
Therefore, Korea is much closer to a European country (for example, Greece has a GNI per capita of US $19,670 (World Bank, 2006) than a country east of the Ukraine (Russia, for example has a GNI per capita of US $4,460 (World Bank, 2006)
I know that GNI isn't the be all and end all but it does show an interesting story. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| There is a big difference between the quality of life in rural Korea and urban Korea, but there's an even bigger difference in China. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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I like what another poster wrote. With regards to international "trade" in Korea, "Money the comes into Korea is supposed to stay in Korea."
Hence the reason for a lame selection of horribly overpriced (overtaxed?) foreign products. They're not only screwing over the foreigners living here, but Koreans who could live richer lives discovering and enjoying new foreign foods and products. Oh well!
Only Kim Jeong il runs a tighter country. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Why does Korea seem to hate to import anything? "Made in Korea" does not equal the best. |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
I like what another poster wrote. With regards to international "trade" in Korea, "Money the comes into Korea is supposed to stay in Korea."
Hence the reason for a lame selection of horribly overpriced (overtaxed?) foreign products. They're not only screwing over the foreigners living here, but Koreans who could live richer lives discovering and enjoying new foreign foods and products. Oh well!
Only Kim Jeong il runs a tighter country. |
They have to pay for all of those company-paid room salon visits charged to company cards somehow.
I'm not joking about this in the least, either. |
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vox
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Location: Jeollabukdo
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| While I know what you are getting at, I think you are really stretching it saying thay they have a standard of living on par with most European cities, unless the cities you are talking about are all east of the Ukraine. |
LOL!
Yeah things are great now. But you better get off at the top of the roller coaster I think. My best times in China were worse than the worst times I had in Korea. In Korea, police may actually help you. In China, police may actually help themselves to you - your money, your property, your body parts.
In related news, it was brought to the world's attention today that Korea has NOT been sending abroad grisly packages like this:
http://www.knx1070.com/pages/286350.php?contentType=4&contentId=354217
http://www.news25.us/Global/story.asp?S=6172677
When this posted on Yahoo News recently, it was reported that there may be up to 21 similar mis-directed packages. I guess in China that's a free lunch. Hope you don't get on the wrong side of the law. Enjoy your apartment. I'll stick to stinky kimchi and freaky transient waygooks thank you very much. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| "Made in Korea" does not equal the best. |
Blashpemer!!!! |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: Body Parts |
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| In China, police may actually help themselves to you - your money, your property, your body parts. |
I think what you are talking about here is criminal activity. It happens
in every country and is rarely government policy. However, I am reading
your post drinking an extremely fine English Ale, which I boiught for an
extremely reasonable price. A big difference from the land of morning
xenophobia and lack of consumer variety. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| butlerian wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| While I know what you are getting at, I think you are really stretching it saying thay they have a standard of living on par with most European cities, unless the cities you are talking about are all east of the Ukraine. |
To be fair, I think you're the one who's stretching it the most:
GNI per capita of Korea = US $15,830 (World Bank, 2006)
GNI per capita of Ukraine = US $1,520 (World Bank, 2006)
Therefore, Korea is much closer to a European country (for example, Greece has a GNI per capita of US $19,670 (World Bank, 2006) than a country east of the Ukraine (Russia, for example has a GNI per capita of US $4,460 (World Bank, 2006)
I know that GNI isn't the be all and end all but it does show an interesting story. |
Wow, talk about taking something seriously..... seriously wrong.
Why are you talking about Korea? He is talking about China. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| butlerian wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| While I know what you are getting at, I think you are really stretching it saying thay they have a standard of living on par with most European cities, unless the cities you are talking about are all east of the Ukraine. |
To be fair, I think you're the one who's stretching it the most:
GNI per capita of Korea = US $15,830 (World Bank, 2006)
GNI per capita of Ukraine = US $1,520 (World Bank, 2006)
Therefore, Korea is much closer to a European country (for example, Greece has a GNI per capita of US $19,670 (World Bank, 2006) than a country east of the Ukraine (Russia, for example has a GNI per capita of US $4,460 (World Bank, 2006)
I know that GNI isn't the be all and end all but it does show an interesting story. |
Wow, talk about taking something seriously..... seriously wrong.
Why are you talking about Korea? He is talking about China. |
Yep, you're right. My apologies  |
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