Life and Travel in China

Currently, most Chinese wives have no use for their husbands because the men are busy watching Euro 2012. The time difference of 6 hours means that the matches are broadcast live from midnight to 4:30 a.m. Now many Chinese businessmen also go to work sleep-deprived. China has never admired its own domestic football, but what is happening in European stadiums always fascinates them.

My Chinese friend also watched the first match live and congratulated me in the middle of the night with a text message for the first goal of Euro 2012. Unfortunately, when Greece equalized, he sent a text message: "Oh my God!" And when our goalkeeper received a red card, he wrote to me "Ohohoho". Ultimately, however, late at night he stated that the result was satisfactory and he could sleep peacefully. In Poland, we should be aware that even the Chinese support us - so "GO GO POLAND!" (we have the support of the People's Republic of China).

My good Chinese friend became an aunt. He now has many extracurricular activities. The problem is that the baby does not want to eat mother's milk and they have to buy powdered milk. In any normal country there would be nothing extraordinary, but to buy safe milk in China you have to go shopping in Hong Kong. I often saw people crossing the border with bags stuffed with milk cans. Another friend of ours once also received such an order - she transported milk for her friends. All these problems started in 2008, when poisoned milk powder and the melamine scandal were discovered. Since then, average Chinese people have not trusted domestic producers. What amazes me is the fact that society does not demand changes or thorough inspections, they simply do not trust the authorities' assurances, and probably no reasonable person will ever give their child typically Chinese milk.

I've neglected the website a bit lately and there are still a lot of photos to add. Unfortunately, I am much busier now, I have built several new websites - not only about China, and I am planning to rebuild this website. Usually graphics, HTML, CSS and the MySQL database take a lot of time, so I don't have time to add new photos or texts. Nevertheless, I will try to post something and as soon as I have more time I will take care of fotochiny.com!

I have recently noticed that more and more people in China can afford a second child. The word STAND should be taken literally here - because most often you pay a fine for a second child, this especially applies to large cities if the child's parents are not only children. My friend decided to have a second child, I know that financially it is not a problem for him, he is doing very well. The only thing that pisses me off is this injustice, because the Chinese authorities are taking this money for themselves, not for this child's future. And it's not about small amounts, because it's usually PLN 50-100,000. Many young Chinese have become rich so quickly that they treat such fines as something normal, a standard fare. Another issue is that these children are most often taken care of by grandparents or the mother herself. Fathers are simply busy with business, business trips, late dinners with business partners, karaoke clubs, and sometimes, unfortunately, lovers. In China, having a baby simply means more work for women and grandparents. The father's role often begins and ends at the moment of conception, then it is the woman's problem how to raise the child, how to deal with it and how to deal with all the problems. A man brings money and this is his main role in a modern Chinese family. Of course, dads are very proud, they show photos and videos of the child to their friends, and if it is a son, they are in seventh heaven. Unfortunately, they do not devote much time to children on a daily basis and they seem to be next to their own family.