Oh, forget it, anyone with answers just post to the darn list (yes, I 
want those answers too). 
  I don't pretend to know the answers, as the ones I gave are probably 
incorrect to a certain degree.... 

IF you do get this information, can you please forward it to me too? If
I ever finish "A Lesson in Love" (that's not a promise people ^_^;;) I
will need it.

Okay, well, there ~IS~ another 5 pages of the Nabiki story... since 

that

one seems to be getting a lot of interest I might at least finish it...


misa ^^;


On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Hunter Kid wrote:

(These are questions regarding foreigners/different ethnicities in 

mainland

China, specifically, around the Shanghai and/or Tsingtao areas.  I 

need

these facts for Ryoga 1/2, book two. ^_^)

1.  How do the Chinese view foreigners in general?
2.  How do the Chinese view Japanese foreigners specifically?

  'Head in the clouds' might be pushing it. 

3.  How do the Chinese view American foreigners specifically?

  Americans are stupid (TRUE fact! Only 10% of America really knows 
what's going on in life ^^;;; <dodges flamethrower blasts>) 

4.  How would the Chinese view someone who was half-Chinese, 

half-American,

but had been born in China?  (Note, this person is female, looks 

mostly

Chinese, but has blond hair.)

  Heck, if you're half-anything you're in trouble. 

(Questions that don't regard foreigners in China.)

5.  What are the living conditions in Shanghai like?  e.g., are there 

a lot

of slums?  Is it mostly rich?  What do they eat there?  And so on...

  They eat Chinese :)

6.  What are the living conditions in Tsingtao like?  e.g., are there 

a lot

of slums?  Is it mostly rich?  What do they eat there?  And so on...

  Again, they eat Chinese

7.  What sort of city is Shanghai?  Port?  Commercial?  Industrial?  

Can

you provide some sort of description of the city itself?
8.  What are some notable landmarks in Shanghai?
9.  What sort of city is Tsingtao?  Port?  Commercial?  Industrial?  

Can

you provide some sort of description of the city itself?
10.  What are some notable landmarks in Tsingtao?
11.  What dialects do they speak in the two cities?
12.  What sort of place is Sinkiang/Xinjiang?  How do people get 

around

there?  What are the people there like?  What language do they speak?  

What

kind of society is it?  (ex., old-fashioned, midieval Chinese, 

modern, etc.)

  There isn't anything there, really. How do they get around? Walk. 

13.  How much effect has communism had on the western provinces?
(Tsinghai, Tibet, Sinkiang, etc.)
14.  How much effect has communism had on the eastern provinces?  Are
people free to enter and leave the cities as they please?  Is a 

'travel

permit' required?  And so on.
15.  Do most people in China dislike the communists?  If so, are they
vocal, or more tacit about it?  Also, are there any 'secret society' 

type

organizations that fight the communists?

  Those 'secret society' type organizations are in Taiwan. 
 

Sorry there's a lot of questions, but I really do need to know all 

this... :P

  You're forgiven. Read my fics or die! :)

"That's my story and I'm sticking to it."--JMS, creator of Babylon 5. 
"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die."--Kosh, Babylon 5.
"Jump. Jump now!"--Kosh, Babylon 5, making some sense. 

--Razorclaw X

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