From Tom.com:

America’s Military  Again Claims the Right to Enter China’s Special Economic Zone Waters

The foreign ministers of both China and the United States have met at a conference and agreed to do their best to avoid incidents similar to the “Wuxia” event [the Chinese name for "Impeccable", the American vessel in the South China Sea], but the American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen still says that China’s strategic intentions are not clear. He claims that “Wuxia” [Impeccable] has the right to operate in the South China Sea and that the actions of the mainland fishing boats were “irresponsible.”

The article goes on to say…

Mullen again spoke of China and the United States’ difference of opinion on this matter, saying that the Chinese side believes that the incident occurred in China’s exclusive economic zone, an area within 200 km of the coast, but that America has the right to enter this area. “These aren’t territorial waters. Territorial waters go out to 12 km, and exclusive economic zones go out to 200 km. Any country has the right to enter.”

In fact, China’s Ministry of Defense spokesperson Huang Xueping has previously refuted this argument. He said that the American surveillance vessel had not yet received China’s permission [to enter the waters] and was illegally carrying out surveillance activities in China’s special economic zone, breaking the United Nation’s “Convention on the Law of the Seas”, “The People’s Republic of China Special Economic Zone and Mainland Framework,” and “The People’s Republic of China Foreign Overseas Research Regulations.”

This article appeared in the Oriental Morning Post (东方早报). It was reprinted on Tom.com where it had 452 “supports” from users and 31 “not supports” at the time it was translated.

Comments:

Anon says:

Americans are too overbearing/arrogant.

Anon says:

Our strength is fishing boats…

Anon says:

Using fishing boats is a strategy, get it?

Anon says:

From the pictures above we can see: The American warship and the Chinese fishing boats have such a striking contrast [in size]… This is like an adult and a small child…

ysf590109 says:

China must establish a strong defense ability! It must rely on comprehensive [economic, technology, defense, etc.] national strength before it can defeat the American devils!!!

Anon says:

It was originally ours [the South China Sea], so we should go take it, why do we need to say anything to America and Japan? Is China that afraid of war? We shouldn’t be like the Qing Dynasty [and give in to foreign powers], still wanting to be the sick man of Asia? Oh, if a war started, I’d go join the military.

Anon says:

To be honest I also hope we don’t go to war, but when shit is tossed on your head you have no choice but to fight. Even though I’m uncultured I’m still a patriot, I’ll be the first to join the military. My cell phone number is [the user’s supposed cell phone number].

Anon says:

We’re not the sick man of Asia, let “them” [它们, a pronoun for animals and objects, not people] see our strength. Don’t let down 1.3 billion people.

Anon says:

Why is it at the critical moment, we only have fishing boats?!

Anon says:

One word: attack. Fuck, just protesting everyday who will pay attention to you? Even small countires will walk all over us. The army can’t just help farmers do work!

Anon says:

Go to war with those fuckers, this can also warm up our economy for awhile.

Anon says:

From ancient times until today, Western countries have just been barbaric peoples. They enslave people that are different races from themselves, and trample as they wish on other country’s cultures. This kind of creature will not speak reason with you.

Anon says:

Old Chairman Mao said it right, all reactionaries are paper tigers [meaning they seem to be threatening but in fact are weak]. Fight them! During the “Resist America, Aid Korea War” [known as the Korean War in the US] our economy was so poor and look how we fought the United Nations, now that’s called guts, that’s called a strong will, it really raised our national prestige. Experts say that our economy isn’t as good as America’s, no shit, are we supposed to catch up to American before fighting them?

Anon says:

We too should send our warships 12.1 nautical miles off the coast of America to do exercises!

Anon says:

Kill one to warn one hundred!

While most netizens came out in favor of China, two people did try to defend the United States:

Anon says:

You shits*, what do things that happen in international waters have to do with you? Go concern yourself with things that involve you.

[* The original Chinese was "粪们", fen4 men which refers to 愤青, fen4 qing1. However, this is also a pun because instead of 愤, fen4 (indignant/angry), 粪, fen4 (shit) is used. Also seen as 粪青, fen4 qing1 (shitty youth).]

To which someone replied:

Go home and eat shit!

Anon says:

The American ship didn’t do it on purpose, and anyway it was just a surveillance ship, what is China making such a big fuss over? Moreover, every time China just moves its mouth [and doesn’t do anything], so it would be better to not say anything at all, because if it were serious, China would not be able to say anything anyway.

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From NetEase:

囧! Renminbi has been pirated [山寨, "shanzhai"] too!

A water mark, golden thread and a blind spot are the major characteristics of Renminbi; have you seen a children’s edition “Renminbi” possessing all of those things? Currency with the same pattern as real Renminbi are currently popular among elementary school children, but these “bills” are issued by the “China Children’s Toy Bank.”

February 17, 2008 at around noon the Shanxi Shifan University Experimental Elementary School starts classes, and after school is let out children run en masse to a small shop to buy some items wrapped in red paper, and many come out discussing how today’s luck is really quite poor since they didn’t get anything at all today. Actually, these students are playing a game to win prizes: each play only takes 5 mao (half of one Renminbi). Inside the shop they can win toys, but if they don’t get a prize, they can get a few pieces of children’s edition Renminbi notes with the words “Issued by China Children’s Toy Bank” on the front. After going through some careful examination, these “children’s bills,” ranging from the 5 mao coins to the 100 Renminbi notes, have everything: except for their slightly smaller size and cartoon images, this money is exactly the same as real Renminbi.

“These ‘banknotes’ are quite popular with us. When playing dice or poker they can be used as counters. In a few moments you can win thousands!” Liangliang [a child interviewed] said to this reporter. It’s just like the movie “God of Gamblers” [“赌神”] playing like this feels really awesome [帅].

From what I understand, on February 1 2004, China implemented the “People’s Republic of China Bank Law,” and article 19 prohibits the use of a Chinese Renminbi on any publications or other products without the permission of the People’s Bank of China. The producer and seller of this type of “children’s banknotes” are engaged in illegal behavior. The relevant departments should unite and take action to investigate and severely prosecute the illegal printing and distribution of “children’s toy banknotes.” At the same time, schools and parents ought to educate the majority of young children to not buy these “children’s toy banknotes” and cannot allow disguised gambling to influence children’s healthy growth.

The children's edition RMB is very complete.

Children's edition 5 RMB bill.

A middle school student showing off a bunch of "money" he bought.

Different editions have many different cartoon characters.

China Childrens Bank.

囧! Ultraman!

Each bill has a cartoon story on it.

Comments from NetEase:

Liboy41:

Small children might take these bills and spend them. Those selling these shanzhai notes must be careful!!!

Lmc.susan says:

Oh fuck!! Where do they sell them? I want to go buy some to collect!!!

情感光棍:

Thoroughly spoofed.

飞飞在线:

Isn’t this from hell [fake money burned for the dead]?

WO橋:

Whoa whoa whoa, in the future when I give my little brother red pockets/envelopes [money gift] I’ll just use this kind of money and it will be taken care of. He really likes Ultraman anyway.

libai870405:

Shanzhai is everywhere.

Ghcgxyl:

The next generation of Chinese is doomed, all day only knowing how to fake things.

无雨之云:

It’s just a type of toy is all, a way to educate kids on how to manage finances.

vfhpgu629:

Not bad! I’m pretty neutral, what’s so bad about this? What can you really say about it? You’re all making such a big deal over nothing!

guaizhao3344:

Yun to death…there is even a series of shanzhai Renminbi now…
In N years, let’s hope there won’t be a series of shanzhai people…

Lamcrossing:

The relevant departments are on vacation again.

88513:

Not afraid that Uncle Policeman will come looking for you?

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From Sohu:

2-year-old child who can’t even eat candy knows how to smoke skillfully and curse shocks people.

The user that made the post says, this video was recorded by a friend while he was eating barbecued fish; it was him that put it on the web. The child’s parents sell fish at a food market, and since there are some bad people there, the bad behavior of the adults present led to what we see in this video. The original poster also says that this child’s behavior fully illustrates the meaning of the saying “With good people you learn to be a good person, with bad people you learn to be a bad person.”

The innocent and angelic child is blameless. With the exception of a small number of people that take this as a form of entertainment, most people vehemently condemn the adults in this child’s life. Many people think this child’s parents are disgraceful, and many also insult those that stand and gawk at the scene for a laugh. This ruins the child, their conscious has completely disappeared.

[In the video] we only see the child dexterously take the cigarette tucked behind his ear, his right hand with a cigarette and his left holding up a lighter. Possibly because his hand isn’t strong enough, he flicks the lighter but fails to light the cigarette. The child simply places the cigarette directly in his mouth, both hands holding the lighter to light up the cigarette. After it’s lit, he uses all his strength to inhale twice, and then rests the cigarette between the index and middle fingers of his right hand. Glowing with pride, he starts smoking in front of the adults.

09/02/12 UPDATE: This video was deleted from YouTube:

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Comments from Sohu:

边吃边看:

Poor kid.

昏鸦:

God, what kind of father is this? Really shameless.

Kuwaonima:

How in the world is there a dad like this, purposely teaching his kid wrong. Such a small child, can his body take it?

冬季雨林:

Is that his dad there behind him? He should be killed!

觉新:

First, are there any lawyer friends out there who can check if child protection laws say it is illegal to incite a child to smoke? What kind of liability should that person have?
Secondly, this behavior is even worse for a child than domestic violence. There ought to be clear institutions that have clear attitudes and actions regarding this, otherwise the head of the family will think that because it is his own child, other people can’t stop it. [These institutions] should be like they are in foreign countries; if a parent abuses a child, neighbors all have the power to report it to the police. Other people should also report to the police and not simply put pictures they took on the internet to give people a laugh.
For a parent to be so ignorant and confused is really worrying.

Flysnows9:

You don’t need to blame anyone, this is completely the responsibility of the adults who only know how to make money and nothing about taking care of children. Poor kid, after seeing this I am really distressed. This is the difference between people with knowledge and those without it.

held580so:

This shows that the citizens’ character have improved substantially…
All a result of always looking towards money…

Hanyuanping123so:

Isn’t this kid already ruined? It would have been better to not have given birth to him at all. Do the child’s parents not care? I pity this child, just beginning to learn how to be an upright person and already becoming like this. This will also affect his growth/development.

松江小区:

The child is innocent, it’s just the parents failed to educate him.

幸福与痛苦并存:

Without culture, one’s character is low just like this.

第一只猫:

This kid is talented, the gates of the reeducation and reform center are already wide open for him, wish him well!

Note from Fauna: I saw this video and prepared this post 5 days ago but did not have time to post it. Here are the comments I collected before for this story. Thank you to Chris for doing this post.

Comments on Mop:

龙宝宝的宝宝:

Are the adults in his family 草泥马 [Grass Mud Horses, "cao ni ma", pun for "fuck your mother"]?

び縌峯飛颺【雷人社★意淫相思】:

Sichuan folk legend lives up to its reputation! How many tobacco factories did you rescue??? How many prisons have you rescued???

斯文ん败类【西安联盟】:

This little child is truly an expert at J8 [being cocky/impressive]. I must say they way he flocked his cigarette shocked me…

gwxisme:

Pretty cute~~

木子立:

These few adults are SB. Such a small child and teaching him this rubbish. I do not know if they are malicious or mentally retarded and do not understand the consequences. I BS these trash [the adults]. Just looking at these second-rate goods makes me angry.

拉链夹到毛啊【猥·见习成员】:

80s, 90s, 00s, each generation stronger than the one before.

CL2Jhonny:

There is this kind of dad? Worse than a beast!

卧槽泥马了隔壁:

Fuck your grandfather, our motherland’s next generation have all been led astray by this bunch of bastards with nothing better to do. Fuck.

不屠楼不现身:

Seeing how experienced this little child flicks his cigarette, I felt very sad.

原则至上20007:

Motherfuckers! Human flesh search his parents!!
Treating having a child like buying a toy???

匿名人士537205:

The people around him are all motherfucking trash. Our countrymen’s characters truly are motherfucking low. Seeing this child like this, not only is it not education, it is motherfucking corruption! I hope your entire family dies~!~!~! All of you are a bunch of cunt-raised lowly bastards~!

扑倒一头猫 :

The 00s generation is much more “niu bi” than the 90s.

爱在独舞:

With children, what you teach is what they will learn. This child’s parents are trash.

康斯坦丁吗卡里奇:

I am very sad to say, this is from our Chongqing [city in China]…

叉明叔叔:

This baby’s appearance is not bad, will definitely be a “fei zhu liu” in the future.

功夫小饭:

Children should not smoke~
It will affect his development, his nerves…
Sigh…such a clever child.

Maksim_su:

“The earthquake shook the child stupid”!!!
His father is very NB.

匿名人士951225:

All Sichuan people are like this, there are a lot of children smoking. It is hard to find a Sichuan girl in her teens who does not smoke. If you do not believe me, just go to Sichuan and have a look.

色之中指:

Even animals all know how to protect their babies and avoid danger!! Staying away from anything that might harm their babies!!
Why is it that we [humans] do not? On one side, we use poisonous milk powder to kill our own children, on another side we happily teach our children to smoke (smoking harms the health, find a cigarette carton and it is covered with warnings).
Are we superior because we are humans, or are animals even more superior for protecting their children?
Animals protecting their children are superior — we are no better than beasts.
If there are more of this kind of thing, these kind of parents, our people will very quickly become extinct!!!
Jia you jia you!!! I will die with you all!

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From Tianya:

1. Subtle speech

When a woman loves has fallen in love with a man, she usually won’t take the initiative in pouring her heart out and saying “I love you,” and will instead send out subtle messages for you to detect.

For example, while your group of young friends are on the way back from singing songs at the KTV, a girl suddenly says to you: “Can you help me keep this bag of milk warm?” At this time, men will certainly feel very puzzled, thinking: “Why is she asking me to help her warm [this milk]? And further, can the hands really warm it?” Actually, is already purposefully giving you a subtle message.

2. Take initiative to strike up a conversation

In general, boys usually start talking with girls, and this can easily lead the girl to think the boy is a lecher. Since this is a typical way of making conversation, many girls tend to refuse it, or treat the boy with disdain.

The opposite situation is when a girl takes the initiative to start talking with a boy, the boy absolutely will not say anything like this girl is lecherous, maybe because he himself is already beside himself with happiness [that a girl is talking to him]?

Likewise, a girl taking the initiative to talk with a boy, aside from work situations, is very likely that girl is attracted to you, and is interested in you. Otherwise, a girl would rather be beaten to death than risk the kind of social criticism that goes along with that behavior [talking with a boy].

3. Often ask about your well-being

It is without a doubt that all of us, whether meeting an old buddy or just a normal friend, all ask how one another are doing, making the kind of small talk that that has existed for ages that millions of people are familiar with to show our respect for each other. However, most of the time it is old men doing so without sincerity.

So, if we see a situation developing in the opposite direction, and we see a girl fussing over a man, for example saying: “Why are you just wearing such little clothing? Such a cold day, how do you expect others not to worry?” may seem like just normal politeness, but in fact is her limitless love and concern for you. This is the kind of thing that only a wife says to her husband and for her to say it to you now, is the implications are naturally self-evident.

4. Making something out of nothing

When a guy likes a girl, he will be so nervous his nose will bleed, uncontrollably, yet with just a few words, that girl can effortlessly stop the nosebleed that could not be stopped. This world is very strange, that there can be this kind of kung fu, it truly make us feel so powerless.

Similarly, when a girl likes a boy, there will be quite a few things you could never imagine that will happen to you. For example, if a girl suddenly turn to you and ask: “When do you need me to return that book you lent me? I’m almost done but I’d like to read more, do you have any other books, like this, similar to this, others, whatever, anything is fine.” This sort of thing, definitely will make you puzzled.

5. Trance-like expression

Some people say that whenever a girl likes a man, there is always something called hormones that will cause mischief, something secreted on a woman’s body, often causing trouble for women making them unable to control themselves. No matter matter how hard she tries, she will get closer to the man she likes. During this time, however, a girl can’t get too close or other people will suspect that their relationship isn’t proper. But if she is too far away, she won’t be able to smell that man’s mesmerizing scent.

So, this kind of distance really makes things ambiguous,  and in this state of ambiguity, a trance-like expression can be revealing. So when you see someone prompt a girl to talk and it takes forever for her to react, it is exactly that mischief at work.

6. Attentively ask you questions

All along Chinese people have liked to ask about other people’s private affairs, asking about how this family’s kids got into trouble or why that family’s kid got into a fight. This is nothing to be surprised about, but when your friend tells you that there is often someone asking them about your life, your information and situation, you must not not always think this is just other people being nosy, especially if the other person is a man, because it may mean he has bad intentions and wants to ruin you.

On the other hand, if it is a girl, a delicate girl, then your caution is  unnecessary. With this, there is only one possibility: She has already begun to like you, only except she is not yet ready to say so, and is just a prelude to a secret love.

7. Winking

After having used the many methods above, a woman starts to make use of a deadly weapon – winking. This is a an oft-used weapon of devastating power that women use, making even the most powerful men defenseless.

Every girl will do everything she can to grab hold of her Prince Charming, sparing no effort and exhausting all her the  resources she can spare. There is only one objective: to use her eyes to accomplish the final mission. Although this is an often-discussed problem, but how many men can take this kind of seduction? When a woman throws her head back at you like that, even a great hero would be distraught.

8. A shy, red face

If we say a man gets nervous around a woman, that a nosebleed is a normal greeting gift he gives her, then a girl meeting a man she likes will be so shy that her face turns red, all the way to her ears, her entire face flushed, just like a bright shiny spring tomato making you full of sentimental feelings. You this way means you have absolutely fallen into women’s trap, because Sunzi’s “The Art of War” has a section that reads “Allow somebody more latitude at first to keep a tighter rein later on,” which talks about this very thing.

Sometimes, she can fall back in retreat and attack your defenses’ weakest point at the same time, because she can always find your most weakest point on your body. This is many men’s biggest pitfall.

9. Giving gifts

When the time is right, a girl will always give gifts to a guy she likes. Sometimes it’s a T-shirt, other times it might be a coat, or maybe that thing that men put so much importance on, a wristwatch. As a symbol of a man’s age a wristwatch has already gone out of fashion, but in the eyes of today’s women, it’s still a great gift, because  the men who receive a wristwatch already know that it is a very unusual/special gift packed full of meaning. Because the wristwatch includes the girl’s true feelings, it will be very natural for the relationship to begin.

So, when a girl gives a man the something at the appropriate time, a man will understand that you have great affection for him.

10. “Sa jiao” [behaving like a spoiled child] in front of you

Women who act like spoiled children has been talked about many times. If we say this behavior is the mark of an open/loose woman, it seems a little like depriving other women of being able to do this. To put it another way, if you act like a spoiled child in front of the man you like then you’re already quite open enough.

On the same note, a girl who knows how to act like a spoiled child can easily get pity from a man. This lets a woman defeat a man’s best defenses. For example, if you say “Hey let’s go eat!” and then add in a few whiny baby-like noises. Or, if you refuse still, she’ll grab you and pull your clothes and say “Let’s goooo, let’s goooo, just for a bit!” so in the end, you’ll end up going after all.

Comments:

天使的妹妹儿:

If I fall in love with a guy, I just tell him up-front.

糖醋排骨啦:

If I fall in love with a guy, I’ll be nice to him and let him feel that I like him…

xiayign123:

How come I don’t feel like isn’t really correct…

tangzycool:

I feel like the title shouldn’t say “fallen in love,” it should just say something like “feel pretty good about you” or that she isn’t ruling out developing a relationship with you.

寸寸青丝1204:

…having 2-3 is enough, having more actually feels a little strange, a bit over the top.

significantfrank:

This actually makes a bit of sense.

chhq1130:

When a man likes a woman, how can you tell? Who can sum it up for us?

thisisourgame:

Nowadays they [women] are all really straightforward.

胡阳北路:

There are really straightforward women out there, Northeastern girls are relatively straightforward: “I really like you, do you like me?”

三牛米:

The first time my previous girlfriend met me, we had a gentle embrace when we parted. As soon as I leaned in I could smell the simple but elegant perfume she was wearing and so I quickly fell captive to her.

春香miamia:

Acting like a spoiled kid…
Not my style.

阳光不生锈:

To be honest, I don’t really think this is really correct either. Today’s women are really strange…

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