Life and Travel in China

Recently I saw how propaganda is created, or more precisely, a propaganda video. I guess it was about checking the traffic police. The scene looked like this: the latest Honda - a police motorcycle, absolutely new (I have never seen such a fancy motorcycle), three shiny, waxed off-road police cars just received from the manufacturer, a beautiful policewoman in a pressed uniform, several other impeccably dressed policemen. In between all this, a large tripod and a camera, a scriptwriter, a camera operator. In addition, the vehicle that was stopped by the police. Interestingly, two white people are standing next to this car. The man is holding a piece of paper, he's probably learning his dialogue! Such a video will probably be broadcast as a documentary about police work, or maybe an instructional video for the police? In my opinion, however, they greatly exaggerated the aesthetics of this entire scene! Seeing these policemen and such well-kept vehicles, I immediately noticed that something was wrong here. I thought maybe they were protecting someone, but then I saw a camera and sheets of paper with a script.

I recently saw such a 'privileged vehicle' at night in the center of Shenzhen. There was a guy sitting inside, not a very nice guy, next to him was a woman holding a white poodle. The Chinese man was driving a black Mercedes, and his registration numbers were covered with camouflage fabric. Such people are outside the law. They are not bound by any regulations, limits, inspections or fines, they do not pay for fuel out of their own pockets, they have company apartments, they keep mistresses, they are kings of life, all thanks to the communist party and the system in China. They are untouchable - as I have already written about. I recently saw a similar car with its number plates covered in front of a large massage parlor. And individual groups of such people, who form a large army throughout China, will never allow this system to be changed. These are policemen, politicians, show business people, owners of large factories and large corporations, soldiers, descendants of former leaders or politicians, and local authorities. They live simply great in this environment.

Today I found an interesting promotion in the hypermarket. I bought three Snickers in a blister along with... Energizer AAA batteries. In Poland, of course, it is unthinkable to pack food and sweets together with batteries. As you can see, this is a normal promotion in China! I'll eat some candy bars and put the batteries in the remote control, ha ha!

Have I already written about my friend who got married, as it were, over the Internet? I guess so... let me just mention that she contacted her ex-boyfriend, a Chinese man, who is now in Canada, via the Internet. Her parents were pushing her to get married as soon as possible, this Chinese woman is 28 years old. Thus, they met in China and married during the Chinese New Year. I didn't predict anything good for such a relationship. He went back to Canada, she stayed here. They were supposed to meet in Canada now, but... it turns out they don't care about anything anymore. You'll probably think it's about separation, lack of understanding... but it turns out it's about money, or more precisely, an apartment. Her parents bought her an apartment - they paid the first installment, now she has to repay the loan. Her newlywed husband doesn't want to hear about it and is not interested in the apartment. She said she could give them to her parents to resell or rent. He just doesn't care! She was preparing a visa for Canada, and he asked her what her priorities were, what she was going to do here? After these questions, she didn't want to come to him anymore. In fact, when I saw photos from the wedding, the guy looks like a 16-year-old child, he is skinny and shorter than his wife. This Chinese woman also told us that her husband likes to sing, dress fashionably, and wears a face mask at night. My wife and I just looked at each other, a bit shocked. She's not perfect either, she's quite stubborn. It turned out that they were both selfish and wanted to live their own lives. The idea of marriage is the pressure of her parents, on his part it may be the age requirement that it is appropriate to have a wife. They have already decided to divorce, but he has to come to China and that will take time. Failure! I told her: so you only increased China's divorce statistics? Maybe quite bluntly, but what else did this marriage give them? They didn't even live together, they didn't talk much about or with each other. A total mistake - mostly her parents' fault. In China, millions of parents do the same - forced marriages, because it's time, because it's appropriate, because the daughter must have a rich husband, because the son should have a wife, because the daughter must move away...

Yesterday there were speculations or rumors about Smolarek. Apparently this player is looking for a job in a Chinese club! Oh God, why here?! The Chinese league is really poor, mediocre, boring, not very commercial, even the Chinese are not interested in domestic football. In fact, advertisements, leaflets and magazines do not even use the images of Chinese football players! They have no star, they don't stand out in anything, this league is mediocre and flat as the airport in Shenzhen. Even Japan or South Korea are a better destination for European footballers. It's sad to see. Apparently, only money rules this sport. Some Chinese businessman wants Smolarek as a mascot for his team and a Polish footballer will come. Let me remind you that Poles Olisadebe and Marek Zaj