Most of us stand on your side or not care. For me, I've never once upvoted or downvoted anyone. For starters, I've yet to see the buttons. Perhaps my add-ons are blocking those features.
Fyi, it's pretty easy to use VPN and create multiple accounts with disposable emails, which many of us suspect a certain member is engaged in. But we won't call out who because it's childish. One can easily create 10 accounts, but why bother with such triviality and time-wasting.
In short @alien, don't feel like the rest of us disagree with you. Stay cool.
You wouldn't need a few years to navigate popular matchmaking websites like Jiayuan.com, which is more suitable for marriages than ONS like other apps. In fact, you wouldn't even need a week.
Since you're learning Chinese, this is a great opportunity to learn functional written Chinese. The common terms cross-over with many websites across the internet; words like "登记“ (sign-in) or "注册" (registration), "邮件" (email), "年纪" (age), stuff like that. Get your Chinese friends to help you with the signup process which could be fun as well. Think of it as a great learning material. One stone two birds Plenty of useful browser extensions/add-ons that help you translate and pronounce.
When you upload your picture and fill in your bio. It's best to introduce yourself in English. That way, you'll get English language responders. Of course, you can easily gauge their English proficiency by their responses. Their profile and life pictures will showcase their ethnicity per your preferences.
Since you're a woman, you'll receive hundreds of replies a day. That's assuming you don't upload a picture of an old witch. But if you look like one, some ogres out there may want you to cast a spell on them. Anyways, you won't have to pay. Extra features on Jiayuan that connect members are usually enabled and paid for by the men. The vast breadth of choices, as filtered by your preference settings, optimizes your probabilities and saves time.
Chinese guys from other cities would even fly to meet you if there's a genuine spark. That's well known. But that wouldn't be necessary as tens of thousands of bachelor men are available in Kunming alone on Jiayuan. Wechat exchanges and meetups ensue. Simple.
Lots of couples meet one another online nowadays in our smartphone era. Not stigmatized like before. Many end up getting married and starting families. This is also well known in the grapevine.
"I'm especially interested in fabric items (e.g., shawls, scarves) along the lines of the colorful clothing worn by women from Yunnan's ethnic minorities."
Hence the importance of reading in full context ;)
China isn't like most places. With the highest rural-urban migration the world has seen, the Mainland's pronounced income inequalities among its citizens are visibly magnified via the internet-breaking WeChat revolution...
it's one thing to see The Kardashians partying from Bora Bora to Ibiza, another to see your rival siblings, coworkers, and/or best friends there without you.
Good points all around. The reason why I brought up China's heavily skewed income gap is because it's human nature to compare oneself relative to others.
For example, if say, your monthly salary was only 3,000rmb, but all your friends & acquaintances in your Wechat friend circle earned half that amount in addition to divorcing & being laid off, you may be content with your current situation.
On the contrary, if your income was 6,000rmb, but everyone on Wechat are constantly sharing photos of lavish family vacations aboard w/children, buying luxury sedans and villas. while you're stuck living alone riding Ofos, your happiness scale may perhaps tip the other direction.
Beyond "civil liberties and democracy," my point is that the vast majority of disgruntled Chinese rural-to-urban migrants (who've missed the wave of rising upper middle income class) are experiencing similar standard of living discrepancies in inner cities. All more conspicuous in the age of social media and selfies where mostly the good are boasted while the bad are not revealed. This illusion of relativity takes a toll on one's perceived happiness.
On an international level of comparison, China is ranked 79 on the World Happiness Report 2017 for the UN high meeting. Trailing countries like Serbia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Kosovo. Despite China's relative higher GDP, the income gap between the rich and poor is ocean's apart.
Recent trends show that more Chinese rural migrant workers, who came to the cities for opportunities, are now heading back home. It's difficult to be happy when you're barely scraping by, which is why if you're economically able, pack some gratuity red envelope for your apartment cleaning lady this coming Lunar New Year. I'll give mine 100 yuan. At the very least shine them a smile from time to time to show your appreciation.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
发布者@dolphin
China isn't like most places. With the highest rural-urban migration the world has seen, the Mainland's pronounced income inequalities among its citizens are visibly magnified via the internet-breaking WeChat revolution...
it's one thing to see The Kardashians partying from Bora Bora to Ibiza, another to see your rival siblings, coworkers, and/or best friends there without you.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
发布者@JanJal
Good points all around. The reason why I brought up China's heavily skewed income gap is because it's human nature to compare oneself relative to others.
For example, if say, your monthly salary was only 3,000rmb, but all your friends & acquaintances in your Wechat friend circle earned half that amount in addition to divorcing & being laid off, you may be content with your current situation.
On the contrary, if your income was 6,000rmb, but everyone on Wechat are constantly sharing photos of lavish family vacations aboard w/children, buying luxury sedans and villas. while you're stuck living alone riding Ofos, your happiness scale may perhaps tip the other direction.
Beyond "civil liberties and democracy," my point is that the vast majority of disgruntled Chinese rural-to-urban migrants (who've missed the wave of rising upper middle income class) are experiencing similar standard of living discrepancies in inner cities. All more conspicuous in the age of social media and selfies where mostly the good are boasted while the bad are not revealed. This illusion of relativity takes a toll on one's perceived happiness.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
发布者@JanJal
On an international level of comparison, China is ranked 79 on the World Happiness Report 2017 for the UN high meeting. Trailing countries like Serbia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Kosovo. Despite China's relative higher GDP, the income gap between the rich and poor is ocean's apart.
Recent trends show that more Chinese rural migrant workers, who came to the cities for opportunities, are now heading back home. It's difficult to be happy when you're barely scraping by, which is why if you're economically able, pack some gratuity red envelope for your apartment cleaning lady this coming Lunar New Year. I'll give mine 100 yuan. At the very least shine them a smile from time to time to show your appreciation.
Bye-bye for now Kunming narrow gauge railway
发布者Agreed, these local tidbits are a blessing.
Tengchong: Southwest China's gateway to undiscovered natural beauty
发布者Cool new layout,! Good reporting PS.
Probably one of the most famous and natural hot springs in China is here. Well worth a visit.