Chinese LB YouTube video...

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(Chinaman @ Jun. 20 2010,10:29)

(rxpharm @ Jun. 20 2010,08:10) With a 1.2 billion population where 107 boys are born for every 100 girls - I think the lb potential is there  

Like Chinaman, I don't see much chance of China becoming a haven for lb hunting.

I don't know if it's the lack of hot weather or the cultural barriers, but Chinese lbs are very rare. I spent years there and only came across a few until the transpinays began to arrive in numbers in Shanghai around 2005.

A Chinese lb friend of mine still can't dress as a female at home or work and believes it's impossible to be accepted unless she undergoes SRS which is her dream. Chinese tend to have a kind of unwavering obedience to the state, even if it means castration is the cost of being allowed to express one's gender preference. I'm told that if a lb, still with male ID, attended work in female clothing, the media would be all over it as a somewhat shocking event. Lop off the old fella, and get the state ID and it's all smiles however, a bit like the cultural revolution that never really happened. lol

One great thing about Chinese compared to Filipinos is that they all work hard, study hard, save and never ask for money. Well, I had one girl, a crook, who asked me for money out of hundreds I've met.

What a shame it is that there aren't a lot more lbs in China.

[Chinaman]

I think China is still a very homophobic society but different to the homophobia we might encounter in the West. Gays don't get beaten up or killed, they are simply not fully integrated and can not live the life they would desire.

I think until recently being gay was considered an illness and although things have improved in larger cities, the countryside and its leaders are extremely conservative.

I don't know what it would really take to change one's gender completely in China but I don't think it is a straightforward affair. And those who do might not look the type we normally get excited about.

As for studying hard, well, I have seen many kids and students who do not do that in the least. Tradition and habit is, that once they are accepted by a university, they will also graduate and often they cheat their way through the exams, at least up to bachelor level.

Money rules everything - doctors buy their way into hospitals, parents buy their kids positions with institutions, banks, etc. If you have no connections (Guanxi) you are pretty much lost.

What you say about saving is true. Whenever there might be a banquet given by a school or company, they tuck in. When on their own, they can be extremely frugal.

They might not ask for money people they have no close relationship with. Money is usually borrowed within the family, sometimes within the inner circle in a village or similar if needed to pay for a doctor or sending a bright kid to school or university. Outsiders will never hear or see any of this. Keeping face is all that matters.

Chinese are extremely family and clan-oriented, although the new generation of Little Emperors, as the children of the one-child-policy society are called, are becoming more and more selfish.

I was getting sick of hearing all the time that all they were concerned about was money.

As for children, China is difficult to be compared with. One child is usually pampered by 6 adults - parents + grandparents of either side. I imagine this is not possible in the Philippines where most families have more kids.