Comments on: The best-laid plans http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/06/30/the-best-laid-plans/ candour is good Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Chris http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/06/30/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-214 Chris Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:07:57 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=75#comment-214 Women in China are golddiggers and horrible lays. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to offer my ultra-worthy two cents. Women in China are golddiggers and horrible lays. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to offer my ultra-worthy two cents.

]]> By: andrea http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/06/30/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-207 andrea Thu, 01 Jul 2004 02:27:28 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=75#comment-207 Terry, as long as you have good guanxi, it doesn't matter what gender you are. I won't pretend that me, this little Singaporean, will be able to change China's social fabric, but hopefully it gives other people ideas on how we can do something that benefits everyone, not just our wallets. Terry, as long as you have good guanxi, it doesn’t matter what gender you are.

I won’t pretend that me, this little Singaporean, will be able to change China’s social fabric, but hopefully it gives other people ideas on how we can do something that benefits everyone, not just our wallets.

]]> By: Terry http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/06/30/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-206 Terry Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:07:13 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=75#comment-206 I don't think that even native Chinese women are held in very high regard unless they come from money and have proved they are ruthless thieves. I think that some of your social value might lie in changing this is the kind of social environment. Would native Chinese have voted for a woman, let alone Aung San Suu Ky, for the Nobel Peace prize (assuming they even have heard of it)? I don’t think that even native Chinese women are held in very high regard unless they come from money and have proved they are ruthless thieves. I think that some of your social value might lie in changing this is the kind of social environment. Would native Chinese have voted for a woman, let alone Aung San Suu Ky, for the Nobel Peace prize (assuming they even have heard of it)?

]]> By: adri http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/06/30/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-205 adri Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:32:25 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=75#comment-205 Somebody I know who is a university in Spain was doing his project on Asian woman in the workforce, and I wrote a piece for him about being Chinese, Singaporean, and a woman - mostly in tones which your own post echoed. Terrible, isn't it? Somebody I know who is a university in Spain was doing his project on Asian woman in the workforce, and I wrote a piece for him about being Chinese, Singaporean, and a woman - mostly in tones which your own post echoed. Terrible, isn’t it?

]]> By: andrea http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/06/30/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-204 andrea Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:57:25 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=75#comment-204 I'm working on being an exception. China is not a welcoming environment for an overseas Chinese woman who's from somewhere else in Asia. Sigh. I’m working on being an exception. China is not a welcoming environment for an overseas Chinese woman who’s from somewhere else in Asia.

Sigh.

]]> By: Maria http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/06/30/the-best-laid-plans/#comment-203 Maria Wed, 30 Jun 2004 04:33:39 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=75#comment-203 So use this opportunity to be the exception to the rule. Because someone needs to lead the parade of progress. So use this opportunity to be the exception to the rule. Because someone needs to lead the parade of progress.

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