Life and Travel in China

Today I knocked on one clown's window. Damn illegal taxi, cars like small Peugeot 106s, only worse, broken and Chinese. They drive like crazy. He saw me driving and started yelling at me, because for them a cyclist or a pedestrian is trash and can't afford a car. I accelerated and knocked on his window with all my strength, so much so that the window almost fell out. The clown was getting old, he didn't know what was happening at all. Maybe next time he will think twice before risking the life of a cyclist or pedestrian.

A 12-year-old Polish girl won the competition for the best essay in Chinese, which took place in Beijing. Some time ago, the only foreigner - a Pole, became a professor of Chinese, but of course the average Pole does not know about it. Instead of rejoicing over the smaller or larger successes of our compatriots, the Polish media are busy transmitting information about the creation, or rather transformation, of our stupid government. And I have always said that someone who is interested in politics and puts any hopes in politicians is simply naive. The only thing that counts there is business, power and career!

Today they wanted to lynch a guy under my balcony. I don't know what happened, but twenty guys started chasing one guy. They hit him, threw him onto the street and started kicking him, while security from a nearby skyscraper just looked on. I shouted at them at full capacity in Chinese twice, 'What are you doing!' They didn't know who was screaming, they probably thought it was the police and they quickly stopped hitting him and dispersed. The guy had a bruised head, but nothing serious was wrong with him. They could have killed him, but luckily it didn't happen. I had already witnessed a similar fight, when a boy was choking and beating a girl in the street, the crowd was watching, so I stopped it too. They are brave, like a group chasing one, or like a strong beating up a weak one. No matter what happens there, you can't kick someone lying down and then attack one of them in a group.

Some Chinese really work too long, it's not that everyone has that much work, they just don't have anything to do at home. They are often lonely, many girls have no reason to go home, what can they do there? Sit in front of the TV or sleep? It's better to work some overtime, or just sit in the office chatting, or talk to clients (not about orders) on some instant messenger. Most often they have no computers at home, sometimes they even have nothing at all, just a bed and a wardrobe. Such overtime is understandable, so don't be surprised if you get a reply to your email at 11 p.m. (Chinese time, of course).

Our Chinese friends are increasingly able to afford sightseeing tours around Europe (costing around PLN 8,000-12,000), and they visit several or even a dozen countries quickly. What countries do they mention when they return: of course France, England, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Vatican, or even Luxembourg and Belgium, and Poland? Let's consider Poland? It's actually such a small country (one of the smaller ones in Europe), there are no nice lakes, no mountains, probably no sea, definitely poverty, no monuments, nothing interesting, mean people, thieves everywhere - I guess that's how they perceive Poland, since no one goes there, no travel agency in China offers a trip to Poland. Who do we owe this to? Our PIT, our diplomats, the government. I promote Poland as much as I can and I know that those Chinese who were there, or those who, for example, saw Krakow on TV, love our homeland. Historic, beautiful Poland, wonderful nature, unimaginable (for the Chinese) monuments, hospitable people...