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Conversation topics only heard in China

  • “Have you eaten?” – “Yes, and have you?”
  • “Your watch looks great! How much does it cost?” – “Not much. Got it on discount.”
  • “You have gotten fat! You need to lose weight!”
  • “Your Chinese is so good!”, “Wow, you can use chopsticks!”
  • “This is my treat.” – “This is my treat.” – “This is my treat.” – “This is my treat.”
  • “How much do you make each month?”, “How old are you?”, “Are you married?”
    (“Why aren’t you married? Would you like me to plan an appointment for you?”)
  • “You should drink hot water. You know, drinking cold water is bad for your stomach.”
  • “Which is better, living in US or China?”

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  2. shinichi Post author

    Can higher pay curb corruption?

    China Daily

    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2015-03/20/content_19841072.htm

    Editor’s note: A number of people believe that offering high government salaries will deter corruption, and call for huge pay hikes in the public service. Will higher wages reduce corruption? You’re welcome to leave your comments.

    Kevin (China): High salaries can only make their appetite bigger and bigger. They never mind getting more and more. The important thing is to strengthen and improve the supervision system. The government should punish these corrupted officials severely.

    Duh (US): High salaries only attract people who are motivated by money. If people have integrity they will perform their duties with integrity with or without money. If you attract people with high salaries, you do not attract people with integrity but those who are motivated by money. It’s simple logic and yet some fail to understand.

    Daniel (China): Nothing is free. I support the high salary for good management. That’s why Singapore is ranked among the top 5 least corrupted countries.

    Nathan (Canada): It has nothing to do with salary. People have to realize that numerous research studies have concluded while money is a good incentive it is never to be the root cause. The root cause is greed, the uneven implementation of the law, inconsistency in law enforcement and the most important, rotten morality to the core.

    Applause (UK): If people are badly paid there is an added incentive to be involved in corruption. People who would not normally choose that path are tempted. So pay suitable wages and we remove one part of the problem, but as others have said, it won’t overcome real greed.

    Claire (Australia): High salaries supposedly attract talents. But if a ‘talent’ is motivated by money, he is unlikely to be good for public office because a person attracted to a job by high salaries will put economic gains above everything else (citizens’ interests included).
    The fight against corruption lies not only in a “rigorous system of checks and balances that is not only implemented, but exercised constantly” but also avenues for people bringing such practices to light without fear or being intimidated.

    Rita (China): The amount of salary – no matter how big it is – people who get it may think that’s the number they should actually get, not to say some people always feel they are forever underpaid.
    The opportunity to get some extra is always tempting, and this seems to have nothing to do with how much they get legally. If you do not believe, just read the newspaper to see who are those that are corrupted? Right! Usually those who are not short of money.

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