Really?
 

Got this picture from my favorite journalist, Yinan from CRI. She took that during a recent trip to Thailand and thought it was disgusting.
I already see it coming. Chinese are reading my blog and next week you can buy this stuff in the Silk Market here in Beijing.
Or maybe it’s already there?

They say, Chinese are not for sex, the way we perverted westerners are. I must admit, I still have many questions on that. (Now I am actually serious). Are Chinese girls just like this – attractive but shy (and unwilling)?

My better (not confirmed) half claims it is all in the food. We westerners eat a lot of meat and stuff and get real hot. Chinese men AND girls don’t, so their fire is a bit more modest. Except when they go for turtle soup, shrimps, Chinese strange potions, etc. (we eat that every day under another form).
Now our good China Daily doesn’t leave a stone unturned. See here textually:
10 October 2007 – Let’s (not) talk about sex, baby
By Wang Shanshan (China Daily)
The Chinese have sex much more often than the global average but are still too shy to talk about it with their partners, according to a recent survey by global condom maker Durex.
They had sex 122 times on average last year, compared to the worldwide figure of 103, according to the poll.
The Greeks, who made love 164 times, were the champions, followed by the Brazilians, 145 times. At the bottom of the list were the Japanese, who made love only 48 times last year on average.
Durex said it polled more than 26,000 people in 26 countries and regions on the Internet in July and August last year. It did not say how many Chinese were interviewed.
According to the survey, the Chinese are among the “shyest lovers in the world” because 44 percent do not tell their partners how they feel and what they like in bed.
That may explain why only about 24% said they often experience orgasm, half the global level.
Four in five Chinese couples said that they had sex every week, and 36% three times a week or more. But 70% said they were not satisfied and could do more.
But they spent a little less time in the process, 35 minutes each time, compared to the global average of 36 minutes.
The survey finds that masturbation is popular among the Chinese, with more than 84% saying they had done it sometimes, and 29% at least once a week.
More than 64% of Chinese interviewees said they often had sex massages in bed and 63% resorted to fantasies. About three in five said they often use sex toys.
They also had fewer sex partners. A Chinese man had an average of four partners and a woman, two, while the global figures are 13 and seven, according to the survey.
But some Chinese sexologists expressed doubts about the credibility of the survey.
“The frequency of a Chinese having sex a year, as suggested by the survey, is definitely too high,” said Min Lefu, president of the Beijing Sex Education Society.
He said that pollsters may have focused more attention on Chinese living in the economically developed coastal areas and who can afford Internet access. “They are more open-minded in general about sex,” he said.
But there is much difference in people’s sexual habits between coastal areas and the inland, the cities and the countryside, and summer and winter. “All these elements should be taken into account,” he noted.
He said that Durex should also explain how it reached the conclusions on some aspects of sex, such as masturbation and foreplay.
OK, that was China Daily. My feeling is, Durex is a bit blowing it out of proportion (no no, not the condoms, you silly). As Min Lefu, I am NOT convinced. I think the majority of the Chinese are more like the cat. Cute, but…. don’t explore too much. Talking with some people they felt the same. Yes, some Chinese people are more open and liberal but I just can’t admit this is a second Brazil. I know what I am talking about (I am kinda very much Brazilian, talvez não sabem).
Maybe the Chinese Internet has a high concentration of hot-blooded Chinese. So, next time you guys meet a girl, ask if she is an Internet addict. If not, better take no risks. Next one.
note: I have to give to Caesar what…. the cat pic is from a commercial of “Fresh Step” (The Clorox Pet Products Company)

And pollution has little hope to improve anytime soon.
Talks are on again to change the ridiculous “Law on Traffic Safety”, in particular article 76.
To put it simple, according to the law whenever a car hits a pedestrian he will be held liable.
What it means: if a pedestrian crosses a highway where he is not allowed to even come and he gets hit by a car, the driver will be considered liable. And pay a huge fine. Happened already in Beijing on the 2nd Ring Road.
So, pedestrians can ignore any traffic light, any rule. Cars are afraid to hit them. So, they do whatever they want.
As Chinese traditionally never obey rules anyway, have no notion of being “courteous” and consider themselves above everything and everybody, chaos in traffic is the result.
Of course, cars also never respect bikes nor pedestrians. Pedestrians crossings are for pure decoration purposes.
The police never intervenes when bikes or pedestrians cross at the wrong time or use the wrong lanes or the side walks. Nor when cars (nearly) drive over people who cross according to the rules.
Talking on the phone when driving should result in a 200 RMB fine. But drivers smoke, chat, slow down to a crawl in the middle of the road and that’s all “normal”. I’ve never seen police stop them.
So, if you wonder why the chaos in Beijing, you know.
And don’t expect any improvement soon.
I have a driver’s license but I refuse to drive myself, don’t want to buy a car and mostly use taxis and subway, or simply walk. Better for the environment, and for my nerves.

On Saturday night we went to the anniversary bash at Centro Bar. Nice and sensual belly dancing and lots of Hoegaarden beer. And some nice live music.
Watching the TV screens on the wall I tried, as usual in vain, to understand this weird game called baseball. Guess I never will. Worse, people seem to like it and watch it for hours.
Funny was to notice all American players chew on gum like hungry animals, often mouth half open. And they spit like hell. Looks all like intensive team work and synchronized.
Silly me thought only Chinese were spitting and eating with their mouth open. We need our Chinese Ms. Manners, Mischke, to go to the USA. Lots of things to do for her.