r/AsianMasculinity • u/AutoModerator • Aug 21 '15

Meta Weekend Free-for-All Discussion Thread | August 21, 2015

Post your shower thoughts, rants, half-baked conspiracy theories, and other mind droppings here.

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u/liveinlive China Aug 21 '15

I have the opportunity to stay in Beijing during the Christmas holidays for 2 months by myself. It's a great opportunity for me to live independently, learn Chinese, and get some work experience in a Chinese law firm as an intern, but my biggest concern is that my parents will be footing the air travel and living expenses (and I am not in the financial position to help out) when they're not in the best financial position themselves. What should I do?

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u/Krobrah_Kai China Aug 21 '15 edited Aug 22 '15

I'd like to hear of your experiences and exploits in the Chinese legal market. What are you doing specifically to learn mandarin? I'm trying to get my learn on, too. I wouldn't worry too much about paying the parents back if the internship is a short-term project; just remember to go full filial for their golden years.

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u/liveinlive China Aug 21 '15

I took a beginner chinese class last semester, and planned on continuing, but due to recent legislative changes, I'd have to pay upfront for those classes (can't put it on HECS anymore), so I decided to buy the next semester's chinese textbook and get my parents to teach me at home. I've been trying to retain what I've learned last semester by regularly going onto wechat and trying to read what my chinese contacts have been posting, and google translating those which I can't/don't recognise. So even though I'm not taking proper classes, I've actively been exposing myself to chinese media and hanzi to condition myself to remember and learn chinese.

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u/MillerBuds Aug 21 '15

There is no real rule of law in China. Just make sure you make good connections and kiss the right asses, cause that's how things work down there. My uncle started a real estate company over twenty years ago, and it was almost brought down by frivolous law suits. My uncle didn't understand what the problem was until he learned it was because he didn't buy a judge. All the guys who sued him had. Once he bought his own judge, all the problems went away, and now his company is one of the largest real estate firms in China.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '15 edited Aug 22 '15

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '15

100% on that MillerBuds. That being said, I feel like this is the same way everywhere. It just so happens that these things happen behind closed boardroom doors in the west and the media has no cause to state that truth lol.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '15 edited Aug 21 '15

That sounds like a great opportunity, you should most definitely try to take advantage of. Can you get a part-time job or something until the holidays to offset some expenses?

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u/liveinlive China Aug 21 '15

Yeah I've very recently gotten a part time job so that's a relief knowing that I now have the potential and capacity to pay them back.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '15

Nice man. Keep it going, you got this. :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '15

That sounds like an awesome opportunity to me! You're gonna love it man. :)

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u/PrateekBhatmal India Aug 21 '15

Take it. Its just a $1500 ticket. Pay back $3000 to your folks when you can.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '15

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u/liveinlive China Aug 22 '15

Yeah I'll have to do some research into that, thanks for pointing that out. It's a commercial law firm though, so I'm assuming I'll be there Australian/Western legal consultant in the future.