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I was in Chengdu a few weeks ago. Went out of my Hotel on Ming Jiang to pick up a simple meal.

Walked by the bus stop (where the airport buses stop) around the corner from the main drag.

There...

Will post details later. A bit busy right now.

There's action "underground".

Will be good when "underground" is completed.

I've not had luck with agencies. Women want to often extra favors.

My last housekeeper has been passed to me by an acquaintance. My present one was a girlfriend a couple of decades ago. We don't...

It's not altogether a bad idea to have a healthy country woman at home. She keeps you comfortable and well groomed. She shops for the food and takes care of the laundry. This allows you to enjoy fine...

Reasonable 'Er Nai' are more easily found in the country-side near a larger city. I do not usually hire one as I have a young man here in Hefei, who can provide me with young country girls. But I...

KB:

Do you have any details as to whether White Americans were attacked?

I'm under the impression that only one White American was involved. And that he was quite "rowdy".

CG

Heifei is now a couple of hours from Shanghai by fast train. Much like Shanghai a couple of years ago. Hard working people at better prices. Got to be careful. Provincial Government well...

My Chinese wife complained of her pain and of the 'cost' of the pills. I got her to get some more for me and for my Bay Area GF. (I had brought the bug back to my USA home. Careless.) My Chinese...

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Fuzimiao,

Here in Hefei, I have friends with 'sensitive sense of smell'. They will come to my place and tell me I have had 'Laowai' guests. They have also been able to sense that I have had...

I have offered an I-20 and a year's support in an American Univ. But (never to my knowledge) to a WG.

Three became professors in US. One at Cornell won't even answer my emails. Old *****. ...

I know an American of Syrian descent who simply advertises. He 'needs' a special Chinese partner to help him handle his business in Shanghai. Starting pay would be 20,000 yuan/month. And he then...

Decades ago I was an 'agronomist' studying Ag first hand. I always tried to leave the woman better off (one way or another) when I left.

CG

The old American phrase. Only it used to become 'negative bucks a fu-k' with 'marriage'.

In Asia you might not get the bucks from a non-working country girl, but you'd still get a maid, cook...

I've even been stopped by well dressed young ladies asking me for directions. Some are even carrying shopping bags from upscale shops along the blvd.
CG

Good insight.

Another reason is that the dollar is a 'reserve currency' used to float world trade, etc. (But America can still have inflation--like the factor of 10 inflation three decades ago.) ...

Thanks for the insightful 'China Hush'.

China can keep the dollar rmb exchange rate constant simply by creating new rmb as fast as America creates new dollars. (eg the mirror stimuli.)

The...

Booked rooms (Royal Meridien 789 NanjingLu) for a couple of Brits who were here selling some Chinese artifacts. They wanted to see some of the neighborhood, so I walked with them up a few side...

My Chinese Aunt has a story of a rickshaw puller who hauled her through very scary areas of Shanghai in the old days. She finally flagged down a big, mandarin speaking Shandong cop, who beat the...

Shanghai cab drivers will be fired if your complaint is voiced. The Shanghai government, and especially the JingAn District Administration, is tough on this. I've never had this problem in SH. The...

Shanghai and Beijing are far safer than Southern Guangdong, for instance. Also I believe 'Phil' speaks good mandarin. In Moscow, a driver once took me to a desolate area instead of my hotel. ...

Diarrhea is a serious problem in China, as well as many other developing areas. It is a major cause of infant death.

I often have three or four episodes of explosive liquid shit per day. A...

There used to be a small (12 room) hotel up a flight of stairs, just across the road from the TV station in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province. Lots of guys used to go there for a "quicky" with a...

My great aunt, a wonderful woman missionary lady in Shanghai for much of her life. Crossed China three times bringing War Orphans from the Coast to Western China during the Japanese War, has SEEN...

A lovely photographer's model in LA used to call me "Bear". I liked it.
CG