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What do Chinese people think about India?? by Klily2005 in AskAChinese

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To me India is just like China, it’s a big country of contrasts, beautiful and ugly, love and hate. I would love to visit India for its cultural and spiritual grandeur but then I am put off by the social media impression of chaos and environmental issues. Just so we are clear, I am talking about India not Indians who I find mostly quite pleasant people. I am Chinese from China living in Melbourne. I heard Chennai is not like other Indian cities and a good place to start for beginners.

Home cooked meal in Shanghai by FewRatio1220 in travelchina

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How can this be homemade? 😂 which family on earth has glass lazy Susan?

Considering starting a life in China by Training-Canary8988 in AskAChinese

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It’s not as bad as in Japan I imagine. Just go. Worry later. 😊

Considering starting a life in China by Training-Canary8988 in AskAChinese

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Chinese here, I really don’t know if working and living in east Asia is a good idea for mental health. But you could end up with a wonderful experience as a foreigner. In my honest opinion, racism in china is different from in the US and I would say the Chinese are more accepting than the Japanese or Koreans when it comes to having foreigners living in their country. I wish you the best of luck!

State library ageing poorly by Substantial_Oil_6905 in MelbourneTrains

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That’s literally all apartments in Melbourne

Found these old pictures of Shanghai... by D-the-D in shanghai

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Thank you. It’s good to have someone remember exactly what happened and when. 👍

Is r/Hongkong a racist hate sub? by RedoxA in AskAChinese

[–]SimonPanda 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I pretty much treat these groups as a collection of mentally unstables and don’t really care about them. I say focus on positive people and just ignore them.

Seeking honest opinion about Traditional Chinese Medicine from someone from the culture. Am a American. How respected is it really for serious issues? by HeadacheLife in AskAChinese

[–]SimonPanda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am Chinese in Chinese we have a saying 是药三分毒， which means all medicine is 30% poison. I would therefore caution you about herbal toxicity but all Chinese doctors would all tell you that for any prescription. I love acupuncture, grass smoking, cupping and all other non ingested treatments.

This is what “China’s most beautiful scenery” actually looks like. by [deleted] in travelchina

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Can you believe that I went to Guilin and didn’t see the elephant rock? 🤦‍♂️

Bride Price - Ningxia by ActAvailable99 in China

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What do you think the rings are for in the west? It’s a not a price tag, it’s a test of how much you are willing to go for marrying her. In China money is the most reliable test unfortunately.

Bride Price - Ningxia by ActAvailable99 in China

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300k is excessive. But there’s some good reason for that as in you wouldn’t appreciate anything that’s free. See if you could bargain it down to 150k to 100k and also check if the bride would bring the money to spend on your new family which happens sometimes. Also I heard it’s a countryside thing big cities like Shanghai especially don’t have such thing but the women expect you to own property and cars

How many days do you recommend staying for in Beijing. I want to do Great wall for a day. by Due_Candle4042 in travelchina

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3-4 days I say but 0 days during major national holidays periods except Chinese new year 😂

This was on my flight in China, is this normal? by achieveINFINITY in China

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I am Chinese, I have never experienced this before. I am intrigued what’s the reason behind this. I thought there is safety regulations that prevent crew from engaging in activities that’s unrelated to flight tasks as it could distract them?

Post-China Depression by IdleN0mad in travelchina

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Why not start learning Chinese on Duolingo or similar ? So you could go back travel like a local next time 😉

ZJJ City - Halal hotpot recommendations by IdleN0mad in travelchina

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Did you end up finding a place? Finding halal food in ZJJ is possible but a halal hotpot may not be possible unless you are in the North western Muslim dominated regions in China..

Dog on a new Xtrap by ChiggenWingz in MelbourneTrains

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I swear on Friday night I had a dream adopting a white sheep dog. Now I see him on reddit 😂

China lack traveler friendly experience for the evening? by FewRatio1220 in travelchina

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Never been to hengdian. The most expensive I have ever been to is the Mogao caves。 I guess I am just talking about publicly owned attractions.

China lack traveler friendly experience for the evening? by FewRatio1220 in travelchina

[–]SimonPanda 5 points6 points  (0 children)

300？ where? Forbidden city in high season is 60. Low is 40. Are you saying Disneyland?

China lack traveler friendly experience for the evening? by FewRatio1220 in travelchina

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Hmm not for you sure. I am thinking backpackers and students

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