Recent content by Tadd

The Chinese, in general, really do hold grudges... on occasion when I mention I am British, there will be the odd mention about Hong-Kong with an accusing nudge, wink and grin. Like you, I don't understand it and I'm mature enough to understand its the past. A lot of the anti-Japanese...

I completely agree with your points here, I'm just offering the view from my experiences over here. Hailing from England myself, I was also unaware of many things in regards to the British Empire and the crap we had done in history. In regards to the hero shrines...

This is a tricky question to approach... As I have lived in Shanghai for only 6 years, there are undoubtedly others who will claim this to "not [be] the real China experience"... the big cities, Shanghai and Beijing are completely different to other cities and the country side. Freedom of...

So strange... I live in Shanghai, but I haven't seen anything crazy like this happen.. well, early days yet. Let me summarise this, as to how I understand the history over here: 1) 14th century, China claims islands 2) 1890 Japan takes over islands (in a war) 3) WWII America takes over...

Some of these things confuse me... I'll get on topic in a moment, but I just want to branch-off for a second... Some Americans don't want to change their hospital/health system, because they are afraid it will be like "those communists", right? But, as far as I'm aware, America and China...

Chinese people (hailing and viewing from China) are not allowed to sign-up accounts on the Escapist. The reason being, I was told, is that in the past a few Chinese accounts were made to spam advertisements and whatnot. I find that a particularly terrible move on behalf of this website; whatwith...

I usually scoff at people who present the "books are way much better" approach to a criticism of a blockbuster (or relatively successful) movie. A friend of mine, we shall call him Dave, recently passed a comment on how the Game of Thrones books are by far superior to what the TV series could...

So don't compare them; because that is, in fact, what you (and the majority of us) are doing. Li Mu has agreed with and countered some of your points, so it's rendered my points pretty pointless as I was just going to repeat what he has said. I know it sounds all kinds-of hippie when I say...

"OH WAIT" what? We use google fine over here; but it's .hk not .cn How's the internet censorship over there for you guys? PIPA, etc (actually, what happened with that?) As I've mentioned before, there has been a crack-down on pirating over here, I've witnessed it and felt it. Dodgy, fake...

Hey there. Have you lived in China? I'm guessing your opinions have been harvested from years of travelling experience, am I right? If not, you're just regurgitating what you've seen/heard from media outlets or forums. Fun fact: replace every word that says "China" in your post with "America"...

It has to be from Skyrim. Karliah that female Dark Elf, member of the Nightingales. I had to turn my volume way up every time she spoke, constantly mumbling; instead of coming across as mysterious, her voice just sounds completely aloof and lacking any kind of emotion.

Yup! That's my face alright! never afraid to hide who I am, so if I troll, you know who to smack in the face if you see walking down the street

As someone who has lived in China for the past (almost) 6 years and still currently residing here, I can tell you that this news is apparently happening. Whilst I do not orally support piracy and would not be at a loss if it completely vanished, I have to say, I do take advantage of it. I...

In China, every 11th of November, we celebrate 'single's day' A chance for all the single people to head on out and party, hit the bars, go to KTV and generally celebrate being single. Quite the opposite to what we do in UK