Re: Job Offer

On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:50:55 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 3/23/2025 7:47 PM, John B. wrote:

On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:37:59 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 3/22/2025 8:32 PM, zen cycle wrote:

On 3/21/2025 10:06 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:27:18 -0700,
    Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
>

   I could use some opinions here.  Is this video of China
for
   real? "This Video Will Change Your View of CHINA! (no more
   lies)"

>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED9iaYliMSg> (11:17)

>

   It presents a very positive view of China from the
point of
   view of a resident who emigrated from England 13 years
ago.
   Is all of urban China like that, or is he cherry
picking the
   best and most modern areas?  Do the videos look like
they have
   been "improved" with AI?

>
  From about 2005 to 2019 I made something like 20-30 trips to
China.  The largest number were to Beijing, but I also
spent some
time (multiple days each) in Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou,
Jinan,
Chengdu, and probably a couple others I'm not recalling.
>
I only watched the first few minutes of the video, and
thought it
was not terribly off base--though somewhat optimistic.  I've
ridden on the bullet trains, including first class.  It's
not bad,
but nowhere as nice as the shinkansen in Japan.  In general,
things are grubbier up close and not uncommonly in need of
repair.
>
For example, one conference center I was at had carpet
that was
stained and dirty and had obviously been brought in from
somewhere
else.  The edges were loose and didn't quite fit.
Cupboard doors
in hotel rooms may have broken hinges.  The air in most
cities is
atrocious--unless a front had come through and cleared the
air, my
sinuses typically burned from the moment of getting off
the plane
until leaving.
>
The nicest hotels are quite nice, and amazingly
affordable.  On
the other hand, you can walk less than a mile and find
yourself in
alleyways that are somewhat scary--at least I felt a bit
nervous
walking alone.
>
Not sure if that answers your question, so please feel
free to ask
more specifics if you like.
>

>
nice response/commentary Ted. I lived in japan for just over
3 years but it was in the early 1970s when my dad was
stationed here. Things have changed quite a bit since then.

>
+1 it has indeed.
>
Girlfriend lived on Okinawa 1970~1971 and says there were
open ditches of sewage with huge rats and the tap water was
not drinkable.  Utterly unlike my frequent trips on Honshu
1980~1990.

 
 
Until July 2071 Okinawa was controlled by the US.
 

>
Right and there were riots at reversion as Okinawans thought
better of US servicemen than of Japanese. For good reason.

Yup... The Usians were paying much more for whatever they purchased
and wages were based on "cheap" American style and under the Japanese
it would be cheap Japanese style.

Common every where you see Usians living overseas.
--
Cheers,

John B.