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Love is better than hate. 爱胜于恨
Real is better than fake 真实胜过虚假
Beautiful is better than ugly. 美丽胜于丑陋
Friendly is better than aggressive. 友善胜于好斗
Sound is better than reticence. 发声胜于缄默
Equality is better than disparity. 平等胜于差异
Unease is better than comfort. 忧患胜于安乐
Pursue is better than abide. 追求胜于遵守
Respect is better than understand. 尊重胜于理解
Understand is better than ignorance. 理解胜于无知
Ignorance is better than prejudice. 无知胜于偏见
Every voice counts. 每个声音都很重要
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. 特例也不可违背这些规则
Injustices should never pass silently. 不公正绝不能无声无息地过去
Unless, no unless. 没有例外
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Sharing My 30 Years of Living in China: Ask Me Anything About the Real China (chinese.lol)

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Hi everyone and hope you're all well. I'm Chinese and I've spent the past 30 years of my life in China. During this time, I've witnessed incredible changes that have taken place in the country. Having also traveled to many other countries, I've noticed that there can be a disconnect between the international media's portrayal of China and the actual experiences of people living here.

In this post, I invite all of you to ask anything about China—whether it's about daily life, culture, societal changes, challenges, or the negitive/positive transformations I've seen. I'm just an ordinary citizen, but I'm here to share my observations and experiences in the most honest and unbiased way possible.

Feel free to leave your questions in the comments, and I'll do my best to provide insights into the real China as I've come to know it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hi! getting a Chinese SIM card is a wise decision as roaming can be quite expensive. I'm sorry that both Line and Google Map require a VPN. However, you don't need to worry. If your wide has a VPN, she can use them. CN takes action only against the public sale of VPNs or their use for illegal activities, but there's no problem with individuals using VPNs to browse Google or other apps. (Otherwise, what would Chinese developers do, haha!)

I was born and raised in Beijing, and even though I work in Shanghai now, I'm still familiar with Beijing. Feel free to leave msg if you or your wife have any questions. (If she's planning to visit the Forbidden City, make sure to book tickets online in advance. For navigation, she can use Gaode Map in China, it is developed by Alibaba. For finding good food, she can download DaZhongDianping, which is China's Yelp.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for the great advice and info. She has native level English and Japanese and the Japanese really helps sometimes. Like with 薬, 道路, 産業, 食品, 酒店. We don't know how to say it, but we get the meaning. I'm American, BTW, not Japanese. We downloaded Baidu Maps and were able to use it pretty well despite no English and pretty bad coverage where we live. I just tried Gaode Map and they have zero coverage here at all, so I can't test it, but it looks pretty intuitive. I found 大众点评, but haven't registered yet.

I'm told WeChat is the app to use to communicate between China and Japan, but I suppose if she can use the VPN, we can continue to use Line and Signal.

I will make sure she gets the Forbidden City tickets in advance. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

can you ask her what types of food she would like to try? and how many ppl for a table? which areas or district she may stay in Beijing? I can list some recommendations with map locations for restaurants (i'll post that in real chinese food community) that local ppl go to, so she wont experience those fake ones for foreigners only.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

haha nice, for you got the name Osaka. I'm really sorry, that;s racist for me to think you as JP. Gaode should have English version and it's good for China, no worries on that.

If she got a native English level, then totally don;t need to worry about the tour in Beijing. For communications, wechat is the most widely used Chinese chat app and we also do all payments or make orders in restaurant with wechat (your wife will tell you how Chinese are doing that when she get back. LOL.). VPN is ok for individual usage, just feel free for that. sometimes the VPN network may not be that good, and definitely you can reach her by texting messages. Forbidden City tickets here: https://intl.dpm.org.cn/ticket_details.html, need to be prebooked, she can use the passport.