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Hi, from China

John V

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Hi all,

Any room for a UK citizen, living in Thailand and teaching (English and social/political science), in China?
No ideological preferences, a realist and pragmatist, but very much against current western liberalism and cultural Marxism. (Known to recent member ‘Perianne’ from another place and time).
 

Good to hear from you. It sounds good fun and interesting. I look forward to chatting. :2wave:
 
Welcome John V,
Real world experience, is always a welcome addition.
 
Thanks guys. I’ll tiptoe around for a while until I get to know who the crazies are
 
John V said:
Thanks guys. I’ll tiptoe around for a while until I get to know who the crazies are
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My daughter had a button that said,
Don't listen to those voices in your head, "That's what they want":mrgreen:
 
longview said:
My daughter had a button that said,
Don't listen to those voices in your head, "That's what they want":mrgreen:
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That's what my Political Officer always tells me
 
John V is a good person. Solid credentials.

Hey John, I sent you a PM. Have you received it?
 
perianne said:
John V is a good person. Solid credentials.

Hey John, I sent you a PM. Have you received it?
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Yes, I got your PM. Have replied. Thanks.
 
Good to see you here, Perianne. In case you're curious SDET stands for Software Development Engineer In Test.
 
John V said:
Thanks guys. I’ll tiptoe around for a while until I get to know who the crazies are
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That would be all of us, and welcome to DP!
 
welcome to the forum.
 
Helix said:
welcome to the forum.
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Thanks Helix (and all),
Unfortunately, I’m not able to give ‘thanks’. It worked for a couple of days and then I logged on and suddenly the ‘report post’ and ‘thanks’ buttons disappeared. It’s just a blank space; otherwise, everything else works just fine.
 

might try to clear out your browser data. which browser do you use? the "like" option should appear when you hover the cursor over the bottom left of a post. sometimes reloading the page can make it appear in a thread that your posting in. this is a VBulletin glitch.
 
I use CCleaner and AVG PC Tuneup on a daily basis to clear cookies and browser data on IE11. Perhaps I'll try another browser. If I hover the mouse over where it should be, nothing comes up.

 
Welcome.

Sure there's room. The DP tent is pretty damned big.
 
John V said:
Hi all,

Any room for a UK citizen, living in Thailand and teaching (English and social/political science), in China? .
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I think we already met our quota... sorry. Good luck finding a place.
 
Bodhisattva said:
I think we already met our quota... sorry. Good luck finding a place.
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Oh come on, don’t be like that Kiwi. It’s either here, or I come to New Zealand. In which case you’ll have to pay me compensation for my hurt feelings, oh and some welfare as well. :lol:

 

For some strange reason nearly half of the UK nationals on these boards aren't living in the UK.
Welcome aboard mate.
 
Apocalypse said:
For some strange reason nearly half of the UK nationals on these boards aren't living in the UK.
Welcome aboard mate.
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Anyone who has been able to get out already has, the continuing slow down mass emigration are now the tail enders.
I’ve never been to Israel, although I have a friend who went there for a holiday in the mid-nineties. He said he liked it and found it not at all as described in the media; i.e., the violence and stuff. Thanks for the welcome.
 

30,000 full time censors working full time and just about the only people working full time in the PRChina these daze.

Do you use a VPN?

If your cursor and keyboard keep going bonkers or you keep getting browser crashes it may mean you may have some odd online company over there. The CCP Boyz in Beijing pay half-yuans per hundred posts. Between the tens of thousands of censors working 24/7 and the half-yuan whores you might be able to post something worthwhile about the PRChina if that might be of interest.

If you don't like Western liberalism and you are political aligned with social science then you might prefer a party line, ne c'est pas.....
 

Yes, I have a VPN and use it if I’m discussing umm, ‘delicate’ topics
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Yes, I’m aware we’re censored, phones, internet, classrooms . . . but of course, being non-religious and non-political, that wouldn’t affect me.

But really, it’s not that bad, it’s common knowledge by now that all internet forums are also scrutinised by security services in either East or West.
I’m in Inner Mongolia, Northern China. If you’re interested have a look at an illustrated travel fact sheet I wrote, but I don’t think there’s much interest in that here, it’s more about American politics than travel.
Ordos, Inner Mongolia, Tourist Fact Sheet | John V - Academia.edu
 

I'm in Guangdong which as you'd know is Ye Olde Canton. Being's how I'm from the northern USA I'd had my fill of the snow, ice, howling blizzards which also occur in the North of China.....the USA and China are at opposite sides of the planet at almost the exact latitudes, and are the same surface size besides.

You said you teach political and social sciences so myself being a poly sci and social science major many many moons ago, I'd taken it you're quite political with a keen awareness of things social, economic, cultural, not to mention political. I know I have no problems at all whatsoever about Western liberalism and a lotta problems about a fascist communist tyranny of an uninterrupted 5000 years dictatorship.

I'll take a look at your travel stuff. I'd send you a sample of my weekly newsletter except it undoubtedly would get the attention of the authorities for you too, so I'll pass on any initiative in that respect.

Been here in the PRChina since January 2008 after 12 years in Thailand and a couple of years in S Korea. I like to say China is actually a lot like Korea, in that Korea would be a nice place if it weren't for all those Koreans there on each side of the 38th Parallel....likewise for China and the Chinese. This South China Sea stuff has the PRChinese quite worked up but they show nothing personal to me about it down here which as you'd know is pretty close to it all. You might want to check out some of the threads here about it.

So do enjoy the radically different North up there and let's keep in contact komrade.
 
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