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Shanghai girlsPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn on Monday, January 10, 2011 at 3:14 PM
Sexy Beijing's new episode about a new book on Shanghainese women, featuring an interview with the author Mina Hanbury-Tenison and street interviews with Beijingers on the subject. |
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Comments on Shanghai girls
SH Girls hate being asked the question "Are you Shanghainese" because they know answering in the affirmative will send men (Chinese and Foreigners) heading for the hills. ;)
I can decide which I love more, Shandong, or Sichuanese. ;)
it really seems like beijing and shanghai are two different worlds.
however, they still all talk about the same thing: falling in love! it seems to be such a popular topic on everyone's minds in china. why?
This is good stuff, but Su Fei's segments would be much better if she would invest a little time in studying proper Chinese pronunciation.
I think su fei's Chinese actually used to be better.. out of practice ?
The author of the book seems to be a really stupid person, she only talks non-sense but has the feeling she is a doing scientific research.