Chinese People – just a few random observations
Chinese men will make eye contact with you for an uncomfortably long time. Chinese women will not make eye contact at all except in the context of business or conversation – pass one on the street and she will not look you in the eye.
The Chinese can come off as cold – they rarely smile or nod at you if you are a stranger, but if you are in need of help, they are quick to do so. As an example, Stan and I came back from an evening out late one night in Shanghai and stopped by a place near the hotel for some street food (the best kind – but be careful). We stopped at a place we had scoped out days earlier – “Super Chicken”, it always had a line day or night. We stood in line for a bit, but when it came our turn we realized the menu was all in Chinese and none of the people working there spoke enough English to help us. We were all laughing about this – Stan and I resorting almost to pantomime without success, when a young woman passing by saw what was going on and went out of her was to translate for us. Soon enough we had our late night cure for the munchies. The chicken was “super”, as the name and the perpetual line implied.
Super Chicken is really good!
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