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- 3 Misconception about China As a Chinese, after talking to some language partners on italki, I have found that a lot of people have some misconception about China. 1.) China is a poor country. A lot of people asked me if China is still a poor country. We used to be poor, maybe 50 years ago. However, we have made a lot of progress for last 10 years. We have better public transport than U.S., we have also cashless payment system that better than any other country. We can do everything just by using our phone. Therefore, I have to tell you, China is doing very well now. 2.) Chinese news is fake and controlled by government. A lot of people told me that, our news is fake news, just because we can't access Youtube, Facebook and Google. Again, to me, this is not true. We have our social media apps - Weibo and Wechat. We can still read a lot of international news over there. Since our domestic companies are doing very well, we should support our local products, local apps. A lot of youtube videos and FB posts are English, which is not so friendly to Chinese people. In our Weibo, Baidu and WeChat, we can access the same news and information, with Chinese language. It helps a lot of Chinese people. Talking about fake news, I don't think there is much fake news in China, because everyone can use internet so fake news will be exposed very soon. But in U.S., there are a lot of fake news. That's why Donald Trump won the election when all the media was being so negative towards him. 3.) Chinese people have bad attitude. I want to say to all foreigners who are in China, please respect our law and our culture. When you keep comparing China to your country and make us look bad, you don't reserve to be respected. Most of the police officers here can only speak Mandarin, you break the law and use English to bluff them, they let you go because they have a hard time to communicate with you, so who has the problem here? I have some foreign friends and they respect our culture, and they like China. So, we might have bad attitude, but sometimes it might not be our problem. So these are what I feel the 3 major misconception that people have about China.March 19, 201953
- The feeling that I miss
The feeling that I miss so much
When I was in my University, I had a close friend, he is a guy. When we were in 2nd year, we studied the same subject together, which was Economics 101. Even though he was my senior, but he passed the subject with flying colour. Therefore, he was willing to help me.
We were not from the same class, or even same year. There was one day, I was sitting at a table, in my school library. He approached me, told me that he was a senior of that subject, he could help me if I wanted to. My major is International Relation, so I had no previous knowledge in Economics subject, therefore I accepted his offer.
He helped me, we studied together, for 3 months. We had many wonderful time. We laughed together, we always had meals together, we studied together, we talked about our life together. That time was his final year. He said that, he liked me, he asked me if I can be his girlfriend. That time, I told him that, I was not looking for a romantic relationship.
He graduated that year, and I didn't see him after his graduation day.
This year is my final year, I am still studying in library, preparing for my upcoming exam. The reason why I picked this place to study, was because, somehow, maybe deep inside my heart, I wish that I could get the same feeling again. The same feeling that I had, when we studied together.
There were some guys approached me, offered me the chance of studying together. They were nice guys, there were interesting guys, some of them were even smart guys. However, they were not the one I am looking for. Nobody can give me the feeling that he once gave me.
I miss the place, the place that where we met each other. However, I couldn't get another guy like him anymore, I couldn't get the same feeling from another guys anymore.
I miss him, I miss the feeling, but I don't regret about my decision. Still, I am studying in library, looking for someone.... someone... who can give me something.... maybe.... the one I am actually looking for.... it's him....
from [the story of parallel universe traveller] - a self-published book by ghost writer Stella Wong
March 2, 201922 - Some English grammar questions Hi, I have few questions would like to ask: 1.) Time different and time difference, which one is correct and why? 2.) If you want to say someone is no longer in the world by using (death/die/dead), how do I construct the sentence? 3.) If the operating hours for a store is 10am to 5pm, should I say "The store is open" or "the store is opened"?November 18, 201810
- I agree with your point, communication is more important than accent. However, I do think people who want to teach online should improve their accent to neutral accent. Some Indian and Filipino have heavy accents, it is okay because of their first language. However if they want to be a teacher, they should attend accent reduction course. One of my friends went to Indian as an exchange student for 6 months and he ended up speak like Indian.0 votedNovember 18, 20180
