When they said Demographics dividend, I didn't think it mean legions of unemployed frustrated young men thumping chests for French warplanes and screaming Jai Hind online all day.....
Funny Stuff Thread.... to loosen your day
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I agree with this. There is a world of difference in difficulty in entering Hong Kong/Macau and China. China is a headache to get into, especially now right after the lockdowns and there's a glut of demand.
China really has to use the overseas chinese more profundly, I know many who dont have proper connection to china or chinese anymore since they are 2nd or even 3rd gen and some never ever have been there in their whole lives.
Same applies to some turkish and arab 2nd gen I know.
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We have a residence permit that we got pre covid in 2019 for 5 years and even that only through connections and because one of my relatives has a chinese national spouse.
Applying for it pre covid was already stupidly bureaucratic , can't imagine it got any easier since then.
Funny thing is I personally never got a chance to use it, planned originally to go to uni in china maybe but then covid came and by the time it "ended" I enrolled in a German uni, so practically I never made use of the permit.
Were you planning to go for bachelor's or masters?
Bachelor's, I finished High school in 2020 and in 2019. I made a plan with a 3rd gen chinese friend of mine to study in China and if study doesnt work, at least live there (Zhejiang) for a year or something and learn the language with him, now I only know how to swear in Wu chinese thanks to my friend.
My live situation (Student, not really rich, a contract) doesnt allow me to travel to China most likely for the next few years sadly.
That sucks, I want to go to China too although for holiday rather than for learning the language. Hopefully things will die down by December so I don't have to queue to get the visa.
It might not be ideal, but I firmly believe we can still learn the language to a high level with the resources and technology available to us today, without stepping foot in China/Taiwan.
I am visiting China right now, you can use Visa/Master overseas credit cards in the main Alipay app now, which is a huge upgrade from before... Alipay even as Tourcard mini-applet for foreigners to use foreign credit cards like Visa or Mastercard, or just use the main Alipay app. This began like March 2022 or something.
9 signs aren’t in English
Why should signs be in English? Do you see signs in Chinese in the US? in Italy? in Germany?
There are apps that can translate words in images.
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