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TwoChihuhuas's avatar

There is often a mention of ‘aunties’ in your posts. What does that mean? Any older woman? A poorly dressed older woman? An annoying older woman? And are older men referred to as ‘uncles’?

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Blythe's avatar

Oh man I've been saving some questions for this!

1. What does PUA mean? I thought it meant Pick Up Artist but I keep seeing it in contexts that make me doubt that assumption.

2. What is the most interesting difference between the kinds of posts you're seeing/translating here, and the kinds of posts you see on American social media? (Interesting by your standards, that is.)

3. You mentioned once that your dad saw oncoming economic issues and very presciently chose to GTFO (or just get some family members about, I don't remember exactly). (I think this was in the big post you made explaining real estate in China.) I'd love to know more details about that, if you're comfortable sharing!

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OmgPuppies's avatar

I was recently reading about a conspiracy theory that held "that there are thirteen families that secretly run the world, including the Rothschilds, the De Beers, and the Mai Wahs from China." Are the Mai Wahs an actual thing, or something invented by this conspiracy theory?

Did you get a chance to read the vtuber Confucius manhwa? It's up to chapter 8 now.

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Steve's avatar

Really enjoy reading the articles- Thank you!

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Jules Yim | 芊文's avatar

I'm more surprised that Kemusan hasn't landed more people in phsyio

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TonyZa's avatar

Is there a lot of anti-japanese propaganda in mass media, schools, Party etc?

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Max Räuker's avatar

From reading your newsletter (and seeing charts like this: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fj5zy4690uilb1.png) I have the impression that people from China are not very fond of the native food in Western cultures. Are there any exceptions, i.e. Western foods that Chinese people encountered through Western cuisines and that are now at least somewhat popular in China?

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Max Räuker's avatar

What's the current situation regarding visiting China as a tourist (e.g. a European who can't speak Mandarin)? Is it possible at all? Advisable?

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