Is this type of personal trainer available in China? Where could I find one? I want to get healthier but can’t talk in Chinese very well at all…
Hello everyone, I’m new to this sub.
I wanted to ask about the level of genuine support for the CCP and the Chinese government among ordinary Chinese people.
Considering that information and media in China are heavily controlled by the government, are the majority of people in mainland China actually satisfied with the government? Do most Chinese people view Xi Jinping, his government, and the CCP positively?
I’m asking because today I saw a post on X (in Chinese). It was posted by someone who appears to be Chinese.
The post showed two screenshots of a Chinese representative at the UN criticizing the UK, Japan, the Czech Republic, etc. for speaking about the human rights situation in China. What surprised me was that many of the comments were actually thanking these countries for speaking up for Chinese people, and some of those comments had a lot of likes. The comments were later deleted.
Obviously, I realize that comments on X cannot be considered representative of Chinese public opinion. I’m just curious about how ordinary Chinese people actually feel about the CCP and the government, since it’s difficult to get an unbiased picture from outside China.
Sorry for my bad English — I’m a Spanish speaker.
A few days ago, I started talking to 3 Chinese guys on a language exchange app. I noticed that they expect me to reply to them quickly throughout the day and when I leave the conversation, announce it to them. If I don’t reply right away, they ask me “I asked you a question” “are you busy?” “are you talking to other people?” They also asked for my work schedule. They seemed to have the expectation that I’d be available to them all day everyday and was frustrated/upset when that didn’t happen.
I don’t reply quickly all the time, I’d disappear and reappear the next day, etc. - this is very common in the US. I could understand their frustration if we were friends, but these are people I talked online just once or a few times. In Chinese culture, do you have an obligation to be available all day to acquaintances you barely know (and explain your absence to them) or are these guys feeling entitled to my time?
萧伯纳说，英格兰和美国是被一个共同语言分割的两个国家。来台湾后，感觉这也适合大陆和台湾。我总结了些口语的对比。
edit：这里不是严格的对应，而是一般常见的用语。比如大陆在一二线城市一般管厕所叫洗手间(应该来自香港话），但是很多四五线城市或者老一辈还是叫厕所。但是台湾一般都叫厕所，偶尔有叫化妆室，大陆绝对没有人用化妆室这个词。另外，大陆统称鱿鱼的，台湾有各种叫法，分的非常细，就像芬兰人的雪有50个词一样。
edit 2: 普通话指的是一二线城市里流行的说法，本人主要生活经验在北京、长三角一带。
| 普通话 | 国语 |
|---|---|
| 洗手间 | 化妆室/厕所 |
| 出租车 | 计程车 |
| 垃圾 (La Ji) | 垃圾 (Le Se) |
| 和（he) | 和（han) / 和（he) |
| 师傅（出租车司机） | 大哥 |
| 商K | 酒店 |
| 酒店/饭店 | 饭店 |
| 本地人 | 在地人 |
| 不用谢 | 不会 |
| 一会儿 | 一下下 |
| 不好意思 | 对不起 |
| 让一下 | 借过一下 |
| 违者责任自负 | 违者依法送办 |
| 录像 | 录影 |
| 本区域已安装监控 | 影音录影中 |
| 菠萝 | 凤梨 |
| 柚子 | 文旦 |
| 自行车 | 脚踏车/单车 |
| 摩托车 | 机车 |
| 鱿鱼 | 小卷/中卷/炮管/锁管/秀抽/软丝/花枝/墨鱼/乌贼 |
| 海鲜店 | 海产店 |
| 鹌鹑蛋 | 乌蛋 |
| 桑拿 | 三温暖 |
| 土豆 | 马铃薯 |
| 冷萃咖啡 | 冰酿咖啡 |
| 盒饭 | 便当 |
| 危地马拉 | 瓜地马拉 |
| 埃塞尔比亚 | 衣索比亚 |
| 新西兰 | 纽西兰 |
| 大陆 | 中国 |
| 闽南话 | 台语 |
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5 days ago, I (F) started talking to this Chinese guy on a language exchange app. Sometimes I’m online and we do real-time back and forth. But I don’t reply quickly all the time, I’d disappear and reappear the next day, I don’t announce I’m leaving the conversation, etc. -This is very common in the US. I’m naturally not available all day because I have life outside these conversations.
From the first conversation, I noticed that he wants me to reply to him right away all day. If I don’t, he asks me questions like if I was busy, tired, what my work schedule is like, if I were talking to other people, etc. It seems he was expecting me to be talking to him constantly every day.
Then he sent me these messages out of the blue. I was shocked by his demands that I needed to be available to him all the time or explain my absence because we’re “friends.” I consider him just an acquaintance because our interaction has been 5 days of intermittent small talk online. I put a lot of effort into our conversation (try to be friendly and warm, sharing with him stories and pictures, which he doesn’t do), but apparently that’s not enough. He felt clingy and seemed entitled to my time.
Another thing that bothers me is he’s manipulative despite his seemingly very polite tone;
-Guil-tripping- “If you don’t do what I want, you’re a bad friend /bad person”
-Ultimatum, threat – “If you don’t do what I want, I will punish you by ending contact”
Can this be partly explained by the Chinese culture; Is there anything I'm missing? Did I do somethign wrong? I’d love to hear your thoughts 😊
BTW, I asked him about his age thinking he was very young. But he’s 41.
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This probably isn't the most original post, but just wanted to take a moment to appreciate the art of the Chinese cigarette box, especially the carton of the pictured (and what I believe is called, but may be wrong): Renmin Dahuitang "Guangyao" Slim.
The Guangyao pack has an angle-changing graphic that apparently roughly translates to "The sun rises in the East, its radiance shines across China" as you open it, along with the background picture itself.
1 am in Australia so it's very hard to get this kind of thing here if you don't already know a source (for obvious reasons). I'm not a regular smoker, but I have thought how great it would be, for my wedding at the end of the year, to whip out a box of the Guangyao to share with my Groomsmen. Tbh, any kind would do, but just the presentation on that box alone would make for great wow factor. A man can dream!