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bd popeye said:

Question for the fans of this thread. Why are the college entrance exams a big deal in China? is the competition that tough? I can't imagine anything like this going on over the SAT in the US.

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Its seen as the pathway to a better meal ticket, and the better the passing grade, the better the chances one has of being accepted in the top institutions.IMO too big a deal is made of going to university at the expense of technical institutes. At least its that way in N.Z.




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OT. Some time ago Down at my local bank i was watching this Asian teller (woman) counting out fresh new bank notes . It was fascinating as i had never seen it done with such skill as she could fan those notes out like a top notch card dealer at a high class casino.and last night , who I saw a woman put $6.000 to win on Djokovic @$1.40 beating Federer ,across at my local family bar.I wonder if it was the same woman, because she counted out the money in a similar fashion, as well as being fortish and quite attractive.
(In NZ many bars are also betting agencys.) It was the way she counted out the money that caught my attention, She fanned it out like a deck of cards. The topless hostesses they have here on thursdays and fridays.are a bit of a bore.

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Equation said:

Hehehe...I bring her home alright...to my place to crash in! I'll fix her some breakfast in the morning too.

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Same with me.

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I hope your intentions were entirely honourable

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Equation said:

I don't know what's the big deal about imported American beef in Taiwan? I've eaten it all my life and there's nothing wrong with it. Probably the local beef industry doesn't want to compete with outside world or the US, who knows. The beef is SAFE, I've just ate one for lunch today.

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Unless Im mistaken, you can also pick up the disease from consuming tainted by products from the diseased beef, such as seasonings and confectionary

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bd popeye said:

The video is a youtube problem..sorry.

Question for the fans of this thread. Why are the college entrance exams a big deal in China? is the competition that tough? I can't imagine anything like this going on over the SAT in the US.

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Equation said:

I don't know what's the big deal about imported American beef in Taiwan? I've eaten it all my life and there's nothing wrong with it. Probably the local beef industry doesn't want to compete with outside world or the US, who knows. The beef is SAFE, I've just ate one for lunch today.

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bladerunner said:

bd popeye said:

Its seen as the pathway to a better meal ticket, and the better the passing grade, the better the chances one has of being accepted in the top institutions.IMO too big a deal is made of going to university at the expense of technical institutes. At least its that way in N.Z.

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In the US teens as young as 12 are even taking the PRE-SAT test prior to taking the real deal when the score counts. Tuition is rising up to 30% in some public universities.

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In the US teens as young as 12 are even taking the PRE-SAT test prior to taking the real deal when the score counts. Tuition is rising up to 30% in some public universities.

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An elderly man works in wheat fields near the house where blind activist Chen Guangcheng was under house arrest, at Dongshigu village in Shandong province, China, Friday, June 8, 2012. Cameras and security guards that kept Chen under house arrest have gone, but fear lingered among residents of his village Friday and even his mother advised him not to come home. Residents were still scared of the local officials and of their fellow farmers who enforced the surveillance.

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China's Zhang Linpeng (R) fights for the ball against Vietnam's Nguyen Van Quyet during their football friendly match in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on June 8, 2012. China beat Vietnam 3-0.

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A motorcycle driver argues with a car driver after a crash at a busy street in downtown Shanghai June 8, 2012. While the opportunities are vast in China's estimated $50 billion auto insurance industry, there are roadblocks aplenty - from poor driving standards to a new generation of car owners unfamiliar with the concept of buying protection against accidents and repairs. In 2010, China reported 3.9 million road accidents that killed 65,225 people and injured 254,075. For comparison, there were 32,885 fatal crashes in the United States in 2010, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,(the US) which has almost 2.5 times as many registered vehicles as China.

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An employee updates fuel prices at a gas station a few minutes before midnight in Wuhan, Hubei province June 8, 2012. China cut fuel prices by nearly 6 percent from Saturday in the second reduction this year and the largest since late 2008, an official with a state-owned oil company said, as crude prices fell further since the last fuel cut in May.

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An activist closes his eyes during a hunger strike next to the portrait of late Chinese dissident Li Wangyang in Hong Kong on June 8, 2012. Li, 62, spent 22 years in jail for his role in the Tiananmen democracy protests was found dead in allegedly suspicious circumstances in his hospital ward in central China's Hunan province on June 6 by his sister and brother-in-law.

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Wang Jinxiang, mother of Chen Guangcheng, walks out from her house's room where Chen lived in, at the Dongshigu village, Shandong province, China, Friday, June 8, 2012.

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A child inspects cow sculptures on display in Shanghai, China, Friday June 8, 2012.

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A student and her father leave Shanghai No.1 High School after finishing China's annual national college entrance exam in Shanghai June 8, 2012.

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Locals sit at the entrance of The Shelter nightclub, a former bomb shelter in Xuhui district, Shanghai June 2, 2012. The Shelter is one of a handful of former bomb shelters finding new life as commercial venues, ranging from clubs to clothing shops and even wine sellers. Hundreds of thousands of bomb shelters were built across China in the 1960s and 1970s to prepare for possible air raids from the then-Soviet Union amidst a souring relationship between the two communist countries.

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A road collapse sends a car down a pit in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on June 7, 2012. The road had been eroded by long and heavy rainfall. The pit itself is 4 meters by 2.5 meters big and 2 meters deep. The driver, the only person in the vehicle, has been injured and hospitalized. [Photo/CFP]

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Young women perform traditional long drum dance of Korean ethnic group during a gathering to show the intangible cultural heritages in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 8, 2012. Various activities were held across the country to greet the upcoming China Cultural Heritage Day whilch falls on June 9. [Xinhua]

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BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A bus rear-ended a police car in downtown Beijing Friday, killing the police officer in the vehicle, police authorities confirmed Friday evening.

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A police car sits crumpled after a bus ran over it in Beijing on Friday, killing the officer driving it. The cause of the accident is being investigated.

A police officer was killed when a bus ran into the back of his patrol car in downtown Beijing on Friday afternoon, according to the police.

The collision happened around 1:30 pm at a crossroads on the East Third Ring Road, near the Sanlitun shopping area. The bus smashed into the back of the police car and then stopped, coming to rest on top of the car. Another bus in front of the two vehicles was also damaged in its rear, according to witnesses.

The officer who was killed worked in the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau's Chaoyang district bureau and was performing his duties when the accident happened, according to a post on the police bureau's official micro blog on Friday evening.

The post said the bus driver has been detained by the police, without disclosing why he had failed to stop the bus before the crash or exactly what the officer was doing when the accident occurred.

An Internet video showed passengers on the bus breaking the vehicle's windows from the inside and a man in a white shirt later jumping out of one of them while another man shouted: "Save the injured people first."

The bus has 39 seats and belongs to Beijing Shouqi Group, a vehicle service provider, according to words printed on the vehicle's side.

According to a statement Shouqi Group put on its website on Friday night, the bus was carrying 30 security volunteers from the Chaoyang branch of the Beijing police bureau. They were going to a holiday resort named Xiedao near the North Fourth Ring Road to undergo training and the police car was leading them there.

The statement said the passengers and driver aboard the bus are safe and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

The group added it will begin checking the mechanical functions of its vehicles on Friday.

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bd popeye said:

True. BUT>>> you don't see parents and relatives "sweating it out with them". In each culture you see different reactions to different situations.

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Protesters carry a portrait of Chinese dissident Li Wangyang during a protest, to urge the Chinese authorities to carry out a proper investigation into the death of Li in Hong Kong June 10, 2012.

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Thousands of protesters hold banners as they march on a street, to protest and urge the Chinese authorities to carry out a proper investigation into the death of dissident Li Wangyang, in Hong Kong June 10, 2012. Li, a labour activist and Chinese dissident jailed after the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, was found dead in a hospital ward in central China amidst suspicious circumstances, his family and rights groups said on Wednesday.

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A protester burns a China national flag during a protest to urge Chinese authorities to carry out a proper investigation into the death of Li Wangyang ,outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong June 10, 2012.

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Protesters scuffle with police officers during a gathering to mourn Chinese labor activist Li Wangyang's death in Hong Kong Sunday, June 10, 2012.

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Protesters in white clothes over their eyes to show his own expression to mourn for the death of Chinese labor activist Li Wangyang, take part in a protest march in a down town street in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 10, 2012.

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A man wears a mask of the Anonymous hacker group as he and other people take part in a protest for the cause of late Chinese dissident Li Wangyang in Hong Kong on June 10, 2012. Li, 62, who spent 22 years in jail for his role in the Tiananmen democracy protests died in allegedly suspicious circumstances in his hospital ward in central China's Hunan province on June 6

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People take part in a protest for the cause of late Chinese dissident Li Wangyang in Hong Kong on June 10, 2012.

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Newly-manufactured cars and a container ship are seen at Dayaowan port of Dalian, Liaoning province June 10, 2012. China's May trade data beat gloomy market expectations, figures from the customs administration showed on Sunday, with crude oil imports surging and U.S. demand for Chinese exports offsetting lacklustre shipments to Europe.

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China's Zhong Weijun (R) pushes the ball over Australia's Harrison Peacock (L) during their men's volleyball qualifying tournament match for the London 2012 Olympics in Tokyo on June 10, 2012. Australia beat China 25-12, 25-20, 25-13.

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This picture taken on June 9, 2012 shows the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and its carrier rocket been moved to the launch platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu province. China will launch a spacecraft this month to conduct its first manned space docking, state media said, the latest step in a plan aimed at giving the country a permanent space station by 2020.

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This picture taken on June 9, 2012 shows Chinese visitors gather to watch the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and its carrier rocket been move to the launch platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu province.

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A Chinese woman weaves rattan baskets for sale at a shop in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on June 10, 2012. China said its exports and imports shot up in May, but analysts cautioned the better-than-expected data was no cause for joy amid global economic woes and a slowdown in the Asian powerhouse.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Fangyu Zhu of China looks to pass against Matt Nielsen of the Boomers during game one of the international friendly series between the Australian Boomers and China at Challenge Stadium on June 9, 2012 in Perth, Australia.

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A farmer works at a pig farm on the outskirts of Shenyang, Liaoning province June 9, 2012.

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A group of retired workers practise the revolutionary songs in Beijing on June 9, 2012.

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Rescuers clean vehicle debris on the accident scene of the rear-end collisions at the Mengcheng section of the Nanjing-Luoyang Expressway near Bozhou, east China's Anhui Province, June 10, 2012. Eleven people were killed and another 59 injured in several rear-end collisions on the section of expressway on Saturday night, rescuers said Sunday. (Xinhua)

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Smoke billows from a building in Jilin Provincial Experimental School in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, June 10, 2012. The fire broke out at about 2:00 p.m. of local time Sunday. The fire has been put out and no casualties have been reported so far. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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Firefighters work at a fire site in Jilin Provincial Experimental School in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, June 10, 2012. The fire broke out in a building of the school at about 2:00 p.m. of local time Sunday. The fire has been put out and no casualties have been reported so far. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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Terracotta warriors are unearthed in the excavation pit at the mausoleum of China's First Qin Emperor on Saturday, June 9, 2012 in Shaanxi province. Archaeologists said they found the warriors were once deliberately set afire in ancient times. [Photo/CFP]

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