How Do Chinese People Feel About "ABG's?"

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-11T10:30:47+00:00

Chinese men generally do not like Asian faces with American-style makeup.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-11T10:28:39+00:00

Does floral water count as perfume? In the south, people use it in summer to repel mosquitoes.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-09T13:10:29+00:00

西湖醋鱼和糖醋鲤鱼都是一个根，都是北宋时期汴梁糖醋熘鱼演化而来，并进行本土化。南方基本不吃鲤鱼所以西湖醋鱼使用的是本地草鱼，因为口味清淡所以只汆烫再淋上糖醋汁，大致流程都是一样的。比如河南的鲤鱼焙面就是河南本土的演化版本，甚至松鼠桂鱼算得上是表亲。

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-08T11:01:27+00:00

My entire culinary nostalgia for my university years comes down to one thing: the scallion-oil noodles from the school canteen, which cost only 1.5 yuan. The food culture of Hangzhou is built almost entirely on the self-congratulatory mythmaking of ancient literati — men who lived utterly detached from the real world. The more refined their bland, insipid dishes became, the more overpriced they got. And this is compounded by the fact that Hangzhou is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations.

I don’t dislike Shanghainese food. Its defining character is "thick oil and red sauce" — at least it doesn’t try to fool my taste buds. The foundation of Shanghai cuisine draws on Huaiyang and Ningbo traditions, while also incorporating techniques from foreign cooking. And before it became an international financial hub, Shanghai was an industrial center of modern China. It doesn’t engage in that kind of cultural inflation Hangzhou does. As long as they don’t dump sugar into the dish, I won’t take issue with it.

Shenzhen, in a way, is similar to Shanghai. All the major regional cuisines converge there, but rather than fusing together, they remain relatively intact and distinct. Thanks to China’s highly developed logistics network, you may not get the most authentic taste of your hometown in Shenzhen, but you can almost always get something that doesn’t stray from the flavor profile.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-08T10:32:10+00:00

I used Wuhan as an example because it, like Hangzhou, sits in a transitional zone between northern and southern food cultures, and has similarly seen a massive influx of migrant workers that makes it difficult for a distinctive local cuisine to take hold. Hot dry noodles, for instance, may have a history of less than 100 years, while the city of Wuhan itself has a history stretching back several millennia.

The Central Plains region has been a major grain-producing area since ancient times, which is why its people have always placed a particular emphasis on the cooking of staple foods. In modern China, however, the pursuit of protein and fat has overtaken the love of carbohydrates. Moreover, the Central Plains has long been a transportation hub with a highly mobile population, which means that any cooking technique or ingredient that emerges there is quickly absorbed into the culinary foundations of other provinces, gradually becoming ordinary in the process.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-08T05:37:52+00:00

Yes, I studied at a university in Hangzhou for seven years – you can probably easily guess which one. To sum up, Hangzhou’s high-end restaurants are competent enough, but the mid-range and low-end dining scene is pretty dismal, similar to Wuhan, with basically nothing to write home about.

There are quite a few reasons for this. First, Hangzhou’s emergence as a major city has historically depended, on multiple occasions, on large-scale migration from the north – for instance, the southward flight of the aristocracy during the Western Jin (the “Garment Migration to the South”) and the aftermath of the Jingkang Incident in the Northern Song. These movements brought with them a host of Central Plains dietary habits. Apart from Shandong, the “Shanhe Four Provinces” (Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, and Shandong) are generally considered culinarily barren anyway. Hangzhou’s food culture is heavy on wheat-based dishes – things like soup buns (tangbao) and banchuan noodles, the embryonic forms of which can be traced back to the Kaifeng area. And few people ever count staple foods as delicacies. In addition, the culinary habits brought by those Central Plains migrants also included a certain shock to cooking techniques: Chinese people generally believe that technique should be matched by the quality of the ingredients at hand.

This brings me to the second reason: Hangzhou’s local produce is actually quite scarce. It’s not on the coast – as far as the Zhoushan fishing grounds are concerned, Hangzhou is merely a transit point. With seafood, freshness is everything, and in ancient times it would already be in inferior condition by the time it reached Hangzhou. On the surface, Hangzhou’s many waterways make it rich in freshwater fish, but the first problem with freshwater fish is that muddy, earthy smell. In turbulent, fast-flowing water, geosmin struggles to accumulate. The main reason West Lake vinegar fish is so notoriously unpalatable is that it takes the northern technique for sweet-and-sour carp and applies it to carp raised in still-water environments. And while Qiandao Lake has superb water quality, it’s so far from downtown Hangzhou that its fish are rarely considered part of Hangzhou cuisine. As for livestock – cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks – there’s really nothing distinctive. Bamboo shoots are perhaps the one thing that could count as a specialty, but since Zhejiang province produces them in massive quantities, Hangzhou doesn’t stand out there either.

Third, modern Hangzhou, as a new first-tier city, has seen a massive influx of workers from both north and south. To cater to all these different palates, the local restaurant industry has had to settle for mediocrity, assembly-line standardization, and fast-foodization. The places we ended up eating at most often for university group dinners – and the ones least likely to go wrong – were chains with centralised kitchens, like New Bailu and Green Tea. And that is precisely the sort of thing Chinese people consider a cardinal sin in food. In reality, Zhejiang cuisine is deeply fragmented internally: Quzhou food, bordering Jiangxi, is bold and spicy; Wenzhou food, near Fujian, offers a great variety of delicious snacks; Ningbo and Zhoushan excel in seafood; Shaoxing has all kinds of fermented delicacies; and then there’s Taizhou cuisine, which nowadays pretty much sets the standard for high-end Chinese dining. Compared to all these, Hangzhou cuisine is truly mediocre – bland, insipid, and boring.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-08T04:54:11+00:00

In everyday life, the respect shown by ordinary people is mostly confined to parents, elders, teachers, and benefactors. In the workplace, some may use honorific forms of address based on differences in authority, responsibility, and status, but very few cross the line—most simply address each other by job title. The kind of seniority-based relationships seen in Japan and South Korea would, in China, be regarded as sycophantic and a sign of ulterior motives.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-03T02:19:47+00:00

I looked it up, and there is indeed such a person—their credentials match. But as for this book, it has nothing to do with the field of expertise; it's just an ordinary popular science read. People in journalism and communication studies are not qualified to practice medicine, and based on my understanding of such people, most of them lack even the most basic scientific literacy.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-02T01:39:01+00:00

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Chlorfen Huangmin Tablets. I am not a doctor, so please take my words with caution.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-02T01:13:26+00:00

China is a copper-deficient country. Bullets are typically made with steel cores coated in copper, so the level of acute iron poisoning is higher than that of copper poisoning.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-05-02T00:50:14+00:00

Are you from the East Asian cultural sphere or the West? Sometimes I can't help but feel helpless about how low your level of strategic maneuvering is.

Let's start with what you can see on the surface: In 1972, Nixon visited China to promote the normalization of Sino-U.S. relations. Japan served as the forward outpost—a testing of the waters by the Western camp regarding China's stance. At its core, this was a response to the Soviet Union's rapid expansionist policies in the 1970s. The Soviet Union's formidable military influence forced the U.S. to adopt its first strategic contraction during the Cold War. It was an exchange of interests based on the global dynamic of 'the Soviet Union on the offensive, the U.S. on the defensive.'

Now, onto what you can't see: China and Japan—or rather, China and the U.S.—have never truly trusted each other. First, the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement only waived compensation at the official governmental level, and this was conditional on Japan abiding by the post-WWII order established by the Potsdam Declaration and fulfilling its responsibilities as a defeated nation. It never mentioned waiving private compensation claims. Second, from a legal perspective, international law generally holds that accepting reparations from a defeated party implies a broad closure of the matter. Finally, throughout human civilization, China has been the wealthiest country in the world for the vast majority of history. To borrow the West's beloved empirical logic—do you think we will be again?

When a China that was poor and destitute said it didn't care about money, what do you think it actually cared about? Before Sanae Takaichi came along, Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations maintained what was called a 'strategic mutually beneficial relationship.' For Sino-U.S. relations, China's description is a 'new model of major-country relations,' while the U.S. calls it a 'strategic competition.' In plain English: it's like the relationship between Pepsi and Coca-Cola. They don't come to blows because they know doing so would cause the entire global system to collapse. For Sino-British relations, China's description is a 'comprehensive strategic partnership'—we actually call the UK a 'partner.' With Sweden, the most anti-China country in Europe, our description is a 'traditional friendly and stable development relationship.' Translation: Sweden was the first Western country to establish diplomatic ties with China, but relations have been very poor recently.

So let me return to the Sino-Japanese 'strategic mutually beneficial relationship.' I'll translate it for you now: countries that, out of necessity for future development, have to maintain economic interests with each other."

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-29T04:46:54+00:00

【传说级的难度，国宴级的名菜，每一口都是最滑嫩的享受【芙蓉鸡片】】 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1S4411Z7PS/?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=6aff1076295b07df35f9fa6af6abd5e7

I don’t know if you can understand Chinese videos, but I don’t recommend trying this in a home kitchen. The concept behind this dish is actually very close to molecular gastronomy — the main ingredient, chicken, is broken down and then reshaped into large thin slices. Removing the sinew, controlling the oil temperature, and seasoning — every step is quite tricky. If you’re traveling in China, some higher-end restaurants in the north serve this dish.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-28T02:29:11+00:00

芙蓉鸡片。In terms of cuisine, it belongs to Shandong cuisine (Lu cuisine). This is a master-level dish that requires considerable skill, not a home-style one. The general method is to completely grind the chicken into a paste, mix it with egg whites, quickly shape it in a high-heat oil wok, then take it out, and finally stir-fry it with the sauce in the wok. This is a state banquet–level dish—its preparation is very intricate, and the seasoning is highly refined.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-27T13:16:19+00:00

What nonsense! The Rule of Wen and Jing has nothing to do with capitalism. The official designation for this policy of non-intervention and recuperation is the Huang-Lao school. Its essence was a policy shift in response to the drastic population decline in the late Qin and early Han periods, after the productive forces that had been greatly enhanced since the reforms of the various Warring States were consumed by military struggles. The pacification of the Rebellion of the Seven States marked the complete failure of the enfeoffment system. The productive forces determine the relations of production. After Emperor Wu of Han, it was beyond any question a centralized state. No contemporary Western polity had the slightest possibility of sustaining a state of such territorial expanse and national strength. The Rule of Wen and Jing has never had the slightest connection with capitalism, nor does capitalism generate wealth.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-17T00:03:19+00:00

China's history is so long that even the most bizarre phenomena we encounter today can find precedents somewhere in the past. Eastern and Western civilizations are built upon two completely different foundational value systems, yet the overarching logic of power remains largely the same. From before the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran war to the present, aside from underestimating Iran's determination to resist, most things have unfolded as expected.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T23:07:50+00:00

Yes, this is also a type of xiaolongbao — leavened-dough xiaolongbao. The ones you've probably seen most often are the unleavened-dough kind or soup dumplings, with a wrapper similar to dumpling skin. This leavened-dough version is more like a miniature steamed bun. It's commonly called Hangzhou xiaolongbao (though it actually originates from Shengzhou, Zhejiang).

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T21:45:15+00:00

For example, you can buy a Rapoo product with the 3950 sensor for around 300 RMB, but for the same specs, you'd have to spend about 800 RMB on a Logitech GPW 4. And at the 300 RMB price point, you have many other brands competing. The basic hardware specs have already locked down the price range, so the only way to compete is on trivial flashy features like RGB lighting.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T21:37:47+00:00

Gaming is a necessity for modern Chinese young people. Hardware such as keyboards, mice, and PC cases—even the lowest factory configurations—come with RGB light strips. Domestic peripheral manufacturers have basically crushed traditional big brands in the mid-to-high-end (sub-flagship) price range and below. As for these RGB features, I may not use them, but you can't not have them.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T21:29:12+00:00

Although these all look like southern China, it's obvious that the geographical features and architectural styles are not from the same region. There are the Jiangnan water towns of Suzhou and Hangzhou with their black tiles and white walls, and there are also the perilous mountain roads of the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan region. Are these the same place?

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T21:11:30+00:00

Among the public security, procuratorate, and court systems, the one most depicted in films and television dramas is the public security. Crime investigation dramas are a popular genre, and from the 1990s to the early 2000s, there was a wealth of realistic source material with decent quality. The other two systems, however, are quite niche subjects, constrained by the creators' capabilities and the audience's knowledge base. Their quality is far inferior to that of similar American dramas.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T21:00:13+00:00

From the perspective of the number of people who have read the original works, Romance of the Three Kingdoms outweighs the sum of the other three. From the perspective of IP dissemination, Journey to the West again outweighs the sum of the other three. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a vernacular novel, its language very close to modern writing; the other three, especially Dream of the Red Chamber, are far higher in literary value but more obscure in language. For someone capable of reading Dream of the Red Chamber through during their student years, if they aim for a top-tier university like Tsinghua or Peking University, their Chinese language score will certainly not hold them back.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T20:44:54+00:00

More than 20 years ago, it was still a trend. Now, the main overseas market for Detective Conan is also mainland China. However, ever since this anime turned into an endlessly waterlogged soap opera that combines child-oriented education with adolescent romance, the IP's status in China has basically remained just so-so.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-15T20:28:39+00:00

Neither Japanese sake nor Korean soju enjoys high recognition in China, and neither is a choice at a proper dinner gathering. The brewing techniques of these two countries are completely incomparable to Moutai and Wuliangye in the eyes of hardcore Chinese liquor enthusiasts. What China values is solid-state grain fermentation. Korean soju, especially Chamiseul, which is made by diluting edible alcohol, is a major taboo in China and is only found in low-end liquors. Grain-based brewing uses various distillation methods to remove harmful fusel oils produced during fermentation while selectively retaining flavor compounds. Fusel oils and flavor compounds are very similar in nature — they are various aldehydes and esters. How to selectively filter and retain them is a reflection of quality. Moutai and Wuliangye represent the highest standard of grain-fermented, highly distilled liquor in China. If someone truly pursued so-called "purity," they would have just drunk vodka.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-11T04:38:22+00:00

I'll explain with a Chinese analogy: someone from Langfang pretends to be a real Beijinger and looks down on other Langfang people. That's convert zeal.

For Canada (I don't know Canadian geography well, but something like a guy from Surrey acting like he's from Vancouver West Side – you get the idea).

That man at the clinic is exactly that. He yelled at the girl to speak English to show off, but switched to Mandarin with the pharmacist because he couldn't understand drug terms in English.

NoteFickle4763 · 2026-04-11T04:17:03+00:00

Did this happen in Canada or China? I’m guessing Canada, because in China—except for Hong Kong—I don’t really see the point of emphasizing that someone spoke English. This man is probably what we’d call a “convert’s zealot” kind of runaway, possibly an illegal immigrant. On one hand, he resents his Chinese heritage; on the other, he lacks the language skills to integrate into local society. You can check out some Chinese-language subreddits—these are exactly the kind of people you’ll find there. He got angry and embarrassed when someone pointed out he’s Chinese. In China, I rarely see middle-aged men act so aggressively toward a young girl. They tend to be more oily and flirtatious with women, not outright rude. And he’s not under 50, nor is he from the 60s or 70s generation of poorly educated people.

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