@Misfit:
I dare to say that there is a cultural(?) difference in what sort of quality average Chinese vs average foreign, let's say consumer, is looking for. Even more so in matters of services related to life and death as is case in delivering babies.
Reviving another old thread.
My Samsung phone has started complaining about deteriorating battery performance, which I can also observe from slow recharge times.
It is a few years old model (2018), with no warranty left or anything of the kind.
Still it functions well otherwise, so I would want to replace the battery instead of buying a new phone. However, it's new enough for battery replacement not being a simple plug and play thing.
The phone was bought abroad, which apparently is a problem.
My wife called the official Samsung service where they do these operations in Kunming, who told that they only do this service for phones bought in China. I first thought they might have misunderstood for service under warranty, but that's not the case here.
In theory I could replace the battery myself if I can acquire the replacement battery and the needed set of tools.
But I want to double-check that the information given to my wife is correct - has anyone else ran into this sort of restriction, with Samsung or other brands?
@AlPage48: "app finally relented and let me get setup correctly"
After the total failure, did you have to reinstall the app, or did it magically start work without reinstalling?
@AlPage48
I have the same. No QR code showing in the app front page. It kind of loads and flashes there when the app is started, but quickly disappears leaving only the text.
Let's bring back another old thread, because time has passed.
Our son is turning 5 this spring, and apparently he gets to enter primary school in autumn next year - at 6 years old due to the cutting date in China being in autumn rather than end of year.
I'm looking for intelligence on what to expect in grades 1-2, primarily about education itself, and specifically reading and writing Chinese language.
This could be issue for us, because wife works weekday evenings and weekends in training school, and let's just say that I'm not qualified to help with Chinese homework.
My wife tells me to not to worry, because the recent crackdown in educations means grades 1-2 get no homework whatsoever, Chinese or otherwise.
Other side of the coin is that the same crackdown bans buying tutoring, should we need that.
I'm looking for recent experiences to confirm these things. Kid is treated as Chinese if that matters, and speaks the language fluently given his age.
No results found.
Update: Officials fired after school stampede kills six
发布者In extreme poverty, people will even limit survival to that of their own person.
This has been reported, for example, from DPRK prison camps with family members turning on each other to survive.
In today's China you cannot make this comparison to DPRK, but China's history has left its marks in people's behavior today.
Update: Officials fired after school stampede kills six
发布者The staff of the school, from the top to the janitor, was trying to increase their profits by not implementing proper storage for the sleeping mattresses.
Update: Officials fired after school stampede kills six
发布者If I interpret Mike correctly, he is referring to general attitude of average Chinese person toward other human beings, nature, and generally everything other than himself and his immediate family.
For long time China was poor country, and it still reflects in many parts of the society. One is, that average Chinese will always put his own survival and benefit first.