Re: Courtesy and manners in HK 09/11/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
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Chinese people were not like this in the past...
Chinese people were not like this in the past...
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The culture of exercising good public manners is learned so to be fair, the elderly you speak of are part of a generation that were constantly living in fear from having to flee WAR CRIME ATROCITIES committed by Japanese lmperialism followed by ATROCITIES committed by Chairman Mao and ATROCITIES committed by Li Peng. They did not grow up in an era where etiquette takes priority. Learning etiquette and public manners thrives in times of peace but disappears in times of instability. Showing good and proper manners was a dead giveaway that you were a member of the bourgeois or merchant class which could mean execution, hard labor camp, or re-education camp. Pol Pot in Cambodia gave a death sentence to a million ethnic Chinese mostly Chiu Chow & Cantonese because the palms of their hands were too soft based on the fact that there were no signs of callus which comes from hard labor of the under priveledged class. 2 million Cambodians of which half were ethnic-Chinese were murdered by the Khmer Rouge supported by Red China. Besides the genocide in Cambodia, Vietnam was engaged in Chinese ethnic cleansing triggering about a millions Chiu Chow & Cantonese to abandon their wealth to become boat people refugees so holding the door could mean missing that boat that was probably going to sink anyway or be raided by pirates and being thrown overboard after being raped. Again these were not times of stability to teach or learn public manners.
Showing politeness during times of crisis could mean not getting out alive for this generation. I would give these elderly Chinese people the compassion and benefit of the doubt for the suffering of their stories untold rather than accusing them of bad manners.Quote
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I am in New York, took a part time job post retirement at a Senior Center. Ninety percent of it's members are Chinese, and a majority of them Cantonese speaking.
All the other staff members are non Chinese, mainly Hispanic. The complaints about about Chinese members not conforming to western norms incluidng:
1. Not holding doors for others.
2. Stepping on you, shoving or bumping into you without saying "sorry" but give you a blank look.
3. Not getting to the end of the line where lines are formed, but trying to sneak in or go to the front.
4. When sitting at tables having lunch, if someone gets up and goes to the restroom, upon return, food or drinks are taken without permission.
I've been asked if that's the usual behavior of Chinese people. My only recent experience is with Chinese coffee shops with majority Chinese customers, and they also don't hold doors. The worst thing is many don't like to stand on line, and once when some guy was in a big hurry and no one let him sneak into the line decided to take his place behind the counter standling next to the cashier. I was first on line and the cashier gave him a dirty look, wanted to know why he is standing next to him, and guy said there's no room on line. The cashier shouted at the guy that he either go on line or leave. The cashier and I chuckled about it and I joked the guy must have just came from a village in China with no schools. The coffee shop is across the street for the Senior Center where I worked.
The center director ask me if people in China behave this way. I honestly don't know, I'm not born there, but usually give people lame excuses that the people we're talking about can't speak or understand English. The funny thing is in the coffee shop incident, the customer and cashier both speak Cantonese. Honestly, its a little embarrassing for me.
And I am curious if people in China behave this way, or only in America. I see it's common in HK.
Re: NBA & CCP Sleep In The Same Bed Together 09/10/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
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Re: There is a new route to flee persecution from autocratic regimes and file for political asylum in the US 09/09/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
I think if you can get to Greenland before President Trump leaves office, then eventually a path to American political asylum would be easier there than to face ICE deportations for illegally crossing the American boarder.
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And President Trump’s explosive new Truth Social map triggers outrage across Greenland, Denmark and the North Atlantic.
Re: Support to RECALL Radical Socialist Governor Gavin Newsom 09/09/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
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Democrats will NEVER RECOVER from this after DC Insider EXPOSES ALL SECRETS. This comes after Lindy Li sat down for an interview with DeVory to disclose secrets that were hidden from the public for years and that will be published in her upcoming book unburdened.
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Re: Remembering 9/11 hero Betty Ong, a San Francisco Chinatown native 09/09/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
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Betty wasn't supposed to be on that flight. She picked up an extra shift to earn money for an upcoming trip with her sisters, Cathie and Gloria.
"When she didn't call back, after we've left messages on her cell phone to please call and contact us, and she never returned a call, our hearts were sinking fast," Harry recalled.
Harry then had call his parents to tell deliver the heartbreaking news.
Twenty-five years later, Harry says he's still not at peace with her passing.
Betty wasn't supposed to be on that flight. She picked up an extra shift to earn money for an upcoming trip with her sisters, Cathie and Gloria.
"When she didn't call back, after we've left messages on her cell phone to please call and contact us, and she never returned a call, our hearts were sinking fast," Harry recalled.
Harry then had call his parents to tell deliver the heartbreaking news.
Twenty-five years later, Harry says he's still not at peace with her passing.
Re: A Glimpse of how Failed Sanctuary City Policies Backfired and is creating more problems then it solves 09/09/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
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Re: The rise and fall of Chinatown: The hidden history of displacement you were never told 09/06/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
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When Albert Moy opened Bingo Tea in Chinatown Square in 2014, there were only three other stores in the plaza selling bubble tea. Now, there are over 15 in Chinatown Square alone and more than 25 in the neighborhood, many of which operate as independent franchises of large, international chains. While over the past decade Chinatown Square has increasingly commercialized and catered to tourists, the southern “Old Chinatown” portion of Wentworth Avenue between Cermak Road and 24th Street has retained more of the neighborhood’s legacy, family-owned Cantonese restaurants.
But since COVID, franchises have also begun opening in Old Chinatown. Sarah Tang, director of programs at the Chinatown-based nonprofit Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC), points to the opening of a Paris Baguette in the location of a Chinatown icon as a sign of how much the neighborhood has changed. The Korean bakery chain, which has over 4,000 locations worldwide, opened in February of 2024 at the former site of Won Kow, once the oldest continuously operated Chinese restaurant in Chicago, which closed in 2018 after 90 years.
Since then, a slew of international restaurant chains have continued to enter Chicago’s Chinatown, which is the rare U.S. Chinatown that has grown instead of shrunk in recent years. Bubble tea, bakery, and hot pot chains from China, Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan have taken over vacancies previously occupied by local spots like the 40-year-old, family-run Seven Treasures and Moy’s Bingo Tea, which he closed in August, 2025.
Moy foresees this trend continuing, with one big brand following another. In June 2026, he reopened Bingo Tea in Homer Glen, a southwest suburb, to “try it all over again.”
Rising rents, rising costs for local businesses
When Bingo Tea’s lease was up for renewal in 2025, the rent "skyrocketed." Moy says the new rate, combined with ballooning property insurance and common area maintenance fees that commercial tenants are responsible for paying, would have made it impossible to support his family and make ends meet, despite a reliable customer base.
According to CBCAC’s Tang, Chinatown's last generation of commercial leases were for 5-10 year terms, and many of those leases ended recently or will end soon. Once they do, local businesses have little protection against landlords raising rents beyond what they can sustain.
“In 2024, we were seeing rents go for seven to eight thousand, but in just two years what we hear now is that it’s $10K plus a month for a ground floor on Wentworth,” Tang says. “It’s certainly not affordable for a new entrepreneur not coming with investor capital and just using their own savings. The startup cost is very steep.”
When Albert Moy opened Bingo Tea in Chinatown Square in 2014, there were only three other stores in the plaza selling bubble tea. Now, there are over 15 in Chinatown Square alone and more than 25 in the neighborhood, many of which operate as independent franchises of large, international chains. While over the past decade Chinatown Square has increasingly commercialized and catered to tourists, the southern “Old Chinatown” portion of Wentworth Avenue between Cermak Road and 24th Street has retained more of the neighborhood’s legacy, family-owned Cantonese restaurants.
But since COVID, franchises have also begun opening in Old Chinatown. Sarah Tang, director of programs at the Chinatown-based nonprofit Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC), points to the opening of a Paris Baguette in the location of a Chinatown icon as a sign of how much the neighborhood has changed. The Korean bakery chain, which has over 4,000 locations worldwide, opened in February of 2024 at the former site of Won Kow, once the oldest continuously operated Chinese restaurant in Chicago, which closed in 2018 after 90 years.
Since then, a slew of international restaurant chains have continued to enter Chicago’s Chinatown, which is the rare U.S. Chinatown that has grown instead of shrunk in recent years. Bubble tea, bakery, and hot pot chains from China, Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan have taken over vacancies previously occupied by local spots like the 40-year-old, family-run Seven Treasures and Moy’s Bingo Tea, which he closed in August, 2025.
Moy foresees this trend continuing, with one big brand following another. In June 2026, he reopened Bingo Tea in Homer Glen, a southwest suburb, to “try it all over again.”
Rising rents, rising costs for local businesses
When Bingo Tea’s lease was up for renewal in 2025, the rent "skyrocketed." Moy says the new rate, combined with ballooning property insurance and common area maintenance fees that commercial tenants are responsible for paying, would have made it impossible to support his family and make ends meet, despite a reliable customer base.
According to CBCAC’s Tang, Chinatown's last generation of commercial leases were for 5-10 year terms, and many of those leases ended recently or will end soon. Once they do, local businesses have little protection against landlords raising rents beyond what they can sustain.
“In 2024, we were seeing rents go for seven to eight thousand, but in just two years what we hear now is that it’s $10K plus a month for a ground floor on Wentworth,” Tang says. “It’s certainly not affordable for a new entrepreneur not coming with investor capital and just using their own savings. The startup cost is very steep.”
Re: A Glimpse of how Failed Sanctuary City Policies Backfired and is creating more problems then it solves 09/06/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
This is why we must vote Republican in the next US election:
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'It's taxpayers VS fraudsters!'
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'It's taxpayers VS fraudsters!'
Re: There is a new route to flee persecution from autocratic regimes and file for political asylum in the US 09/06/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]
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Walk the Line: Escaping from China to the USA | Ep. 4 | Investigate Asia
Walk the Line: Escaping from China to the USA | Ep. 4 | Investigate Asia
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After encountering more Chinese migrants along the way, CNA correspondent Wei Du arrives in Necocli, Colombia, where the migrants are set to begin the most dangerous part of their journey: a long trek through the Darien Gap. As the migrants move ahead, the CNA team encounters roadblocks in the drug cartel-controlled territory. Meanwhile, in Monterey Park, California, newly arrived Chinese migrants struggle to find their footing.Quote
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Having encountered more Chinese migrants along the way, CNA correspondent Wei Du arrives in Necocli, Colombia, where the migrants are set to embark on the most dangerous part of their journey: a long trek through the Darien Gap. As the migrants move ahead, the CNA team encounters roadblocks in the drug cartel-controlled territory. Meanwhile, in Monterey Park, California, newly arrived Chinese migrants struggle to find their footing.
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Hundreds of Chinese citizens arrive in Jacumba, California every day, having crossed the Wall that’s meant to fence the US off from Mexico. Their sudden arrival has caught Border Patrol and local residents by surprise. Chaos and tensions ensue.
